Waveline — girls' name
21 babies named Waveline in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Waveline was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Waveline in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Waveline
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Waveline between 1917 and 1928, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waveline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Waveline performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Waveline shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Waveline in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Waveline 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 21 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.
Waveline at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Waveline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1917
- Peak year (1924)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
21 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 6 births in a single year.
Waveline by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 16 births that decade — 76% of Waveline's all-time total
Waveline decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Waveline's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Waveline by state
Where Waveline concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 23.8% |
5 of 21 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 23.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1917–1928 (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.