Unisex name · since 1893
Wavie
261 babies named Wavie in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wavie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 261 have been recorded since 1893.
Wavie has 261 recorded births among girls since 1893, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 1945.
- #17,200 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 261 born since 1893
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wavie ranks #17,200 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1893, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wavie's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by West Virginia.
Wavie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wavie's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1893, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wavie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–1945
- Peak year (1925)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Wavie popularity over time - boys
46 total births recorded since 1915 (Wavie as boys' name)
Wavie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (84 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Wavie's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Wavie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 12
1890s
12 births
- 1900s 33
1900s
33 births
- 1910s
1910s
82 births
- 1920s
1920s
84 births
- 1930s 31
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 84 births (32% of all-time use).
Wavie by state
Where Wavie concentrates geographically, total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 12 | 4.6% |
12 of 261 births nationwide.
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- Wavie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- West Virginia records the most Wavies (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. West Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wavie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
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, 1893–1945 (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 Wavie 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.