Wane — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wane

The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Wane between 1922 and 1965, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wane currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wane performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wane shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wane in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wane in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 160 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.