Wateen — #2478 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Wateen

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Wateen between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wateen currently holds the #2478 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wateen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wateen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Wateen in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wateen 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 266 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.