Girls' name · since 1921
Wayna
Wayna has 59 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1921
- 1960s
- peak decade
59 girls have been named Wayna since 1921, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Wayna has 59 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1977.
- #33,173 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1921
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wayna ranks #33,173 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1921, peaking in the 1960s.
- #33,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1921
- 1960s
- peak decade
Wayna's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wayna's SSA record in two at 1964 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1977
- Peak year (1964)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Wayna by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (21 births, 36% of the file).
1960s was Wayna's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Wayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 21 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Wayna's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 1970s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1921–1977 (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 Wayna 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.