Girls' name · since 1995
Waverley
Waverley has 241 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,693 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Waverley is the #7693 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 241 recorded since 1995.
Waverley has 241 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7693 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #17,956 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,693 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 241 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waverley ranks #17,956 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,693 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 241 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,693 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Waverley's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Waverley compares
241 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Waverley's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Waverley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 241 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Waverley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Waverley's full recorded timeline at 2017, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Waverley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Waverley popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1919 (Waverley as boys' name)
Waverley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (136 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Waverley's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Waverley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
136 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 136 births (56% of all-time use).
Waverley by state
Where Waverley concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 241 births nationwide.
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- Georgia records the most Waverleys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Waverley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Waverley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.