Wavy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wavy

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Wavy between 1915 and 1917, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wavy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1917. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wavy performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wavy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wavy 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 17 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.