Waneda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Waneda

The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Waneda between 1917 and 1937, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waneda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waneda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Waneda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Waneda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waneda 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 132 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.