Waco

Peak · boys
1974 · 13 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
171
since 1913

Waco over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Waco has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,799, 1974boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2024#12,3495
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2022#10,8636
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1991#7,2716
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1989#6,9416
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1986#6,7215
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1982#5,6196
1981#5,4686
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1979#4,8427
1978#4,5547
1977#3,03713
1976#4,9356
1975#3,24611
1974#2,79913
1973#3,6948
1972#3,6228
1971#4,3756
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Waco! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Waco is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Waco in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Waco
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1974 at #2,799 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 102,513
  • Highest: 1 in 102,513 boys born in 1913 were named Waco (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,799 in 1974, was only 1 in 120,949 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 46.2% of all boys named Waco (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s15#2,821 (1913)#3,566
1920s8#3,208 (1920)#3,208
1930s0——
1940s5#3,505 (1941)#3,505
1950s8#3,037 (1959)#3,037
1960s11#3,559 (1967)#3,799
1970s79#2,799 (1974)#3,900
1980s23#5,468 (1981)#6,187
1990s6#7,271 (1991)#7,271
2000s5#12,553 (2008)#12,553
2010s0——
2020s11#10,863 (2022)#11,606

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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