Girls' name · since 2004
Wania
Wania has 251 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,116 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Wania is the #14116 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 251 recorded since 2004.
Wania has 251 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14116 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #17,576 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,116 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 251 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wania ranks #17,576 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,116 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 251 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,116 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Wania's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Wania compares
251 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Wania's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wania | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wania's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Wania by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Wania's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Wania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (44% of all-time use).
Wania by state
Where Wania concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 29 | 11.6% |
29 of 251 births nationwide.
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What to do with Wania's data
- Wania's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Wanias (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wania draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.