Boys' name · since 1992
Wanya
Wanya has 484 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,054 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 484
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
484 boys have been named Wanya since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Wanya has 484 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2024.
- #8,054 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 484 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wanya ranks #8,054 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 484 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,054 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 484
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Wanya's 484 recorded births place it above 82.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Wanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wanya splits its recorded history at 2000: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 95 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wanya popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2024
- Peak year (1996)
- 95
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Wanya popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 1995 (Wanya as girls' name)
Wanya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (310 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Wanya's strongest decade.
310 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Wanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
310 births
- 2000s
2000s
148 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 310 births (64% of all-time use).
Wanya by state
Where Wanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 25 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 22 | 4.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 17 | 3.5% |
| #4 | California | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 11 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 9 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 7 | 1.4% |
25 of 484 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Wanya appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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- Wanya's decade-level peak was the 1990s (310 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Wanyas (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Wanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1992–2024 (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 Wanya 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.