Wathena — girls' name
51 babies named Wathena in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Wathena was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Wathena in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wathena
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Wathena between 1915 and 1963, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wathena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wathena performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wathena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wathena 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 51 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.
Wathena at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wathena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1915
- Peak year (1927)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
51 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 9 births in a single year.
Wathena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 21 births that decade — 41% of Wathena's all-time total
Wathena decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Wathena's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1915–1963 (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.