Wava — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wava

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,727 babies named Wava between 1892 and 1987, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wava currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wava performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 495 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Wava shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 107 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Wava in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wava 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 1,727 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.