Waynette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Waynette

The Social Security Administration has registered 589 babies named Waynette between 1933 and 1989, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waynette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waynette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Waynette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Waynette in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waynette 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 589 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.