Waver — unisex name

What the Data Says About Waver

The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Waver between 1919 and 1955, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waver currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Waver is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1921.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waver performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Waver shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Waver in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waver 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 69 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.