Wave — #15315 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Wave

The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Wave between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wave currently holds the #15315 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Wave is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 91 additional births since 2020.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wave performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wave shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wave 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 111 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.