Girls' name · since 1943
Waynetta
Waynetta has 183 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
183 girls have been named Waynetta since 1943, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Waynetta has 183 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1989.
- #20,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 183 born since 1943
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waynetta ranks #20,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 183 born since 1943, peaking in the 1950s.
- #20,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Waynetta's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Waynetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Waynetta splits its recorded history at 1963: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1953 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Waynetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1989
- Peak year (1947)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Waynetta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (48 births, 26% of the file).
1950s was Waynetta's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Waynetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
30 births
- 1950s
1950s
48 births
- 1960s
1960s
48 births
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 48 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Waynetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 1980s (18) -- 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 Waynetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1943–1989 (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 Waynetta 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.