Warnie — boys' name
141 babies named Warnie in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Warnie was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Warnie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Warnie
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Warnie between 1916 and 1956, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Warnie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Warnie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Warnie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Warnie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Warnie 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 141 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.
Warnie at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Warnie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1916
- Peak year (1916)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1956.
141 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 12 births in a single year.
Warnie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 50 births that decade — 35% of Warnie's all-time total
Warnie decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Warnie's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Warnie by state
Where Warnie concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 11 | 7.8% |
11 of 141 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 7.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.