Waverly
Waverly was given to 244 girls in 2025, #1,028 among girls’ names; 6,550 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,280 Americans named Waverly and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 5 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Waverly by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Waverly?
#1,028 among girls’ names, 2025
Waverly rose from #1,741 in 2015 to #1,028 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.07 to 0.15 per 1,000.
387 babies in 2021, the peak
Waverly peaked in 2021, when 387 babies were given it (381 girls, #749 among girls’ names). The 244 births of 2025 are 63% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 244 | #1,028 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 293 | #906 | 5 | #14,150 |
| 2023 | 305 | #882 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 384 | #753 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 381 | #749 | 6 | #12,056 |
| 2020 | 372 | #736 | 5 | #13,934 |
| 2019 | 337 | #811 | 6 | #12,051 |
| 2018 | 269 | #984 | 5 | #13,979 |
| 2017 | 255 | #1,019 | 9 | #8,788 |
| 2016 | 225 | #1,131 | 5 | #14,080 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 121 | #1,741 | 6 | #12,010 |
| 2014 | 133 | #1,623 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,865 | 5 | #13,954 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,447 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,611 | 7 | #10,717 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,042 | 5 | #14,144 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,777 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,314 | 5 | #14,503 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,976 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,849 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,866 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,944 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,721 | 6 | #10,830 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,273 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,932 | 7 | #9,189 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,389 | 6 | #10,292 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,566 | 5 | #11,538 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,232 | 8 | #7,515 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,098 | 9 | #6,586 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,354 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,479 | 6 | #8,820 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,533 | 8 | #6,939 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,718 | 5 | #10,103 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,544 | 5 | #9,768 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 8 | #6,500 | |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,908 | 11 | #4,977 |
| 1989 | 6 | #12,321 | 11 | #4,794 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,827 | 6 | #7,234 |
| 1987 | 5 | #13,202 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 8 | #5,307 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 10 | #4,317 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 10 | #4,200 | |
| 1983 | 6 | #10,248 | 9 | #4,486 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 8 | #4,984 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 12 | #3,595 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 16 | #2,958 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 9 | #4,390 | |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,725 | 15 | #2,924 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 9 | #4,156 | |
| 1976 | 7 | #8,142 | 14 | #2,941 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,963 | 10 | #3,652 |
| 1974 | 5 | #10,220 | 14 | #2,793 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,774 | 10 | #3,439 |
| 1972 | under 5 | 10 | #3,336 | |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,300 | 13 | #2,809 |
| 1970 | 5 | #9,330 | 19 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 13 | #2,545 | |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,234 | 16 | #2,105 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,786 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 24 | #1,610 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 12 | #2,469 | |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,459 | 16 | #2,111 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,889 | 27 | #1,545 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,779 | 20 | #1,849 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 30 | #1,494 | |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,685 | 29 | #1,521 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,230 | 31 | #1,437 |
| 1958 | 5 | #7,009 | 19 | #1,892 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,988 | 33 | #1,385 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,873 | 40 | #1,215 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,812 | 27 | #1,501 |
| 1954 | 7 | #5,138 | 25 | #1,557 |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,100 | 24 | #1,590 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,544 | 28 | #1,459 |
| 1951 | 5 | #6,193 | 46 | #1,066 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,724 | 34 | #1,254 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,655 | 28 | #1,406 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,873 | 33 | #1,277 |
| 1947 | 5 | #6,089 | 29 | #1,391 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,946 | 34 | #1,214 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 27 | #1,294 | |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,557 | 23 | #1,436 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,676 | 21 | #1,574 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,357 | 25 | #1,419 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,945 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 17 | #1,733 | |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,773 | 23 | #1,423 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,968 | 22 | #1,474 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,905 | 23 | #1,441 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,161 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 1935 | under 5 | 22 | #1,489 | |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,792 | 20 | #1,606 |
| 1933 | under 5 | 31 | #1,201 | |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,554 | 25 | #1,424 |
| 1931 | under 5 | 22 | #1,536 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 24 | #1,531 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 42 | #1,075 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 24 | #1,565 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 31 | #1,348 | |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,551 | 25 | #1,513 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,951 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 40 | #1,151 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 35 | #1,234 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 34 | #1,257 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 27 | #1,473 | |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,733 | 25 | #1,541 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,237 | 31 | #1,294 |
| 1918 | under 5 | 19 | #1,822 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 23 | #1,525 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 23 | #1,500 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 20 | #1,597 | |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,181 | 16 | #1,603 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 11 | #1,797 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 10 | #1,739 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 13 | #978 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 8 | #1,306 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,668 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 8 | #1,087 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 5 | #1,405 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 10 | #835 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 7 | #1,003 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 5 | #1,204 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 13 | #734 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 7 | #995 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 6 | #1,051 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 8 | #895 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 9 | #791 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,226 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 6 | #1,025 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 6 | #1,061 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 6 | #968 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 6 | #1,024 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 7 | #841 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,117 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #987 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Waverly a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,550 Americans recorded as Waverly, 70% are girls and 30% boys. In 2025 it went to 244 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Waverly: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Waverly, and how old are they?
5,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 6,550 Americans ever recorded as Waverly. The median Waverly alive today is 9 years old; half are between 5 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 3,306 people named Waverly (2,502 women and girls, 804 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,552 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 104 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 460 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 242 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 282 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 732 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,460 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Waverly born?
The states with the most babies named Waverly are Florida, Texas and Ohio, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 19 | #862 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 15 | #1,611 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 15 | #667 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 14 | #567 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #827 | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 12 | #576 | 0.6× |
| California | 11 | #1,940 | 0.4× |
| New York | 10 | #1,410 | 0.4× |
| Washington | 10 | #676 | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 8 | #928 | 5.2× |
Where Waverly is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Waverly is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 5.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Waverly with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 6,888 babies since 1880, Waverly is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 244 of their 264 babies (92%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Waverly
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Waverly and names like it
- Compare Waverly and WaverleyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sWaverly peaked in 2021.
- Virginia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Waverly since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Waverly.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Waverly alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with WMost given first.