Wauneta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wauneta

The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Wauneta between 1900 and 1950, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wauneta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wauneta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Wauneta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Nebraska, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kansas and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Wauneta in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wauneta 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 552 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.