Waverley — #5516 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Waverley

The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Waverley between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waverley currently holds the #5516 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waverley performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Waverley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Waverley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waverley 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 226 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.