Girls' name · since 2009
Waniya
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 163 babies named Waniya, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,377 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 163
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Waniya currently ranks #5377 among girls' names in America, with 163 babies recorded since 2009.
Waniya has 163 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5377 as of the latest data, more common than 69% 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 2009 to 2025.
- #21,947 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,377 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 163 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waniya ranks #21,947 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,377 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 163 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,377 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 163
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Waniya's 163 recorded births place it above 69.65% 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 Waniya compares
163 33rd 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
Waniya's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Waniya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 163 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Waniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Waniya splits its recorded history at 2018: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Waniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Waniya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Waniya's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Waniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (49% of all-time use).
Waniya by state
Where Waniya concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 19 | 11.7% |
19 of 163 births nationwide.
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- Waniya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Waniyas (19 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Waniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2009–2025 (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 Waniya 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.