Wasif — boys' name
134 babies named Wasif in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Wasif was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Wasif in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wasif
The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Wasif between 1986 and 2023, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wasif currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wasif performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wasif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wasif 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 134 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.
Wasif at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wasif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1986
- Peak year (2015)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
134 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 12 births in a single year.
Wasif by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 53 births that decade — 40% of Wasif's all-time total
Wasif decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Wasif's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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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, 1986–2023 (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.