Girls' name · since 2006
Wedad
Wedad has 15 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,200 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Wedad currently ranks #16200 among girls' names in America, with 15 babies recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Wedad recorded 15 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #16200 nationally today, ahead of 6% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #50,324 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,200 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wedad ranks #50,324 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,200 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #50,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,200 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Wedad's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wedad compares
15 5th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Wedad's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wedad | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wedad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wedad's full recorded timeline at 2016, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births.
Wedad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #16200 among girls.
15 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 5 births in a single year.
Wedad by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Wedad's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Wedad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
Wedad decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Wedad's data
- Wedad's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- 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 Wedad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Wedad 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.
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