Wade
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #344 for boys in 2025, 948 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 1,359 births
- Debut · boys
- 56 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 76,498since 1880
Wade over time
Rank among boys' names. Wade has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #344 | 948 | |
| 2024 | — | #341 | 1,010 | |
| 2023 | — | #341 | 977 | |
| 2022 | — | #344 | 953 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #326 | 1,018 |
| 2020 | — | #340 | 944 | |
| 2019 | — | #335 | 999 | |
| 2018 | — | #361 | 917 | |
| 2017 | — | #367 | 902 | |
| 2016 | — | #406 | 791 | |
| 2015 | — | #519 | 555 | |
| 2014 | — | #543 | 509 | |
| 2013 | — | #546 | 486 | |
| 2012 | — | #554 | 470 | |
| 2011 | — | #551 | 462 | |
| 2010 | — | #599 | 415 | |
| 2009 | — | #620 | 402 | |
| 2008 | — | #592 | 426 | |
| 2007 | — | #529 | 486 | |
| 2006 | — | #553 | 454 | |
| 2005 | — | #506 | 486 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #519 | 463 |
| 2003 | — | #556 | 403 | |
| 2002 | — | #539 | 414 | |
| 2001 | — | #495 | 464 | |
| 2000 | — | #473 | 496 | |
| 1999 | — | #462 | 494 | |
| 1998 | — | #447 | 507 | |
| 1997 | — | #418 | 554 | |
| 1996 | — | #398 | 593 | |
| 1995 | — | #434 | 527 | |
| 1994 | — | #415 | 553 | |
| 1993 | — | #388 | 592 | |
| 1992 | — | #349 | 686 | |
| 1991 | — | #344 | 703 | |
| 1990 | — | #323 | 778 | |
| 1989 | — | #308 | 776 | |
| 1988 | — | #296 | 777 | |
| 1987 | — | #293 | 731 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #287 | 727 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #313 | 650 |
| 1984 | — | #299 | 666 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #318 | 601 |
| 1982 | — | #300 | 663 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #300 | 647 |
| 1980 | — | #285 | 735 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #269 | 764 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #262 | 776 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #236 | 889 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #210 | 1,009 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #197 | 1,126 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #197 | 1,119 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #198 | 1,110 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #210 | 1,053 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #206 | 1,156 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #189 | 1,423 |
| 1969 | — | #193 | 1,364 | |
| 1968 | — | #207 | 1,125 | |
| 1967 | — | #192 | 1,244 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #183 | 1,359 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #194 | 1,300 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #202 | 1,375 |
| 1963 | — | #206 | 1,407 | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #222 | 1,204 |
| 1961 | — | #221 | 1,247 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #224 | 1,241 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #221 | 1,230 |
| 1958 | — | #228 | 1,148 | |
| 1957 | — | #225 | 1,141 | |
| 1956 | — | #224 | 1,077 | |
| 1955 | — | #242 | 836 | |
| 1954 | — | #255 | 755 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #270 | 664 |
| 1952 | — | #284 | 599 | |
| 1951 | — | #293 | 552 | |
| 1950 | — | #297 | 529 | |
| 1949 | — | #312 | 473 | |
| 1948 | — | #309 | 486 | |
| 1947 | — | #313 | 490 | |
| 1946 | — | #297 | 475 | |
| 1945 | — | #304 | 381 | |
| 1944 | — | #294 | 411 | |
| 1943 | — | #310 | 400 | |
| 1942 | — | #318 | 371 | |
| 1941 | — | #291 | 395 | |
| 1940 | — | #275 | 411 | |
| 1939 | — | #302 | 346 | |
| 1938 | — | #314 | 305 | |
| 1937 | — | #303 | 310 | |
| 1936 | — | #308 | 300 | |
| 1935 | — | #300 | 329 | |
| 1934 | — | #310 | 306 | |
| 1933 | — | #313 | 295 | |
| 1932 | — | #312 | 305 | |
| 1931 | — | #313 | 300 | |
| 1930 | — | #319 | 298 | |
| 1929 | — | #313 | 310 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #298 | 355 |
| 1927 | — | #294 | 377 | |
| 1926 | — | #306 | 343 | |
| 1925 | — | #312 | 333 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #293 | 385 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #312 | 337 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #306 | 347 |
| 1921 | — | #286 | 384 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #295 | 367 |
| 1919 | — | #296 | 333 | |
| 1918 | — | #311 | 324 | |
| 1917 | — | #294 | 317 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #283 | 328 |
| 1915 | — | #319 | 266 | |
| 1914 | — | #280 | 250 | |
| 1913 | — | #298 | 179 | |
| 1912 | — | #261 | 181 | |
| 1911 | — | #300 | 78 | |
| 1910 | — | #279 | 75 | |
| 1909 | — | #265 | 69 | |
| 1908 | — | #383 | 37 | |
| 1907 | — | #253 | 69 | |
| 1906 | — | #261 | 57 | |
| 1905 | — | #245 | 64 | |
| 1904 | — | #254 | 57 | |
| 1903 | — | #273 | 46 | |
| 1902 | — | #302 | 40 | |
| 1901 | — | #218 | 62 | |
| 1900 | — | #274 | 56 | |
| 1899 | — | #211 | 62 | |
| 1898 | — | #222 | 63 | |
| 1897 | — | #238 | 53 | |
| 1896 | — | #224 | 63 | |
| 1895 | — | #282 | 39 | |
| 1894 | — | #235 | 54 | |
| 1893 | — | #236 | 53 | |
| 1892 | — | #242 | 54 | |
| 1891 | — | #260 | 38 | |
| 1890 | — | #233 | 51 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #245 | 50 | |
| 1887 | — | #254 | 39 | |
| 1886 | — | #216 | 61 | |
| 1885 | — | #220 | 54 | |
| 1884 | — | #235 | 51 | |
| 1883 | — | #203 | 54 | |
| 1882 | — | #200 | 64 | |
| 1881 | — | #211 | 52 | |
| 1880 | — | #213 | 56 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wade was already there! It came in at #213, and was given to 56 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 38 boys a year got the name.
Where Wade is popular in 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#51 · 1 in 193
- Hawaii#67 · 1 in 275
- Montana#76 · 1 in 297
- South Dakota#77 · 1 in 322
- Idaho#82 · 1 in 311
Best ever in a state: #36 in North Dakota, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #51 | 32 | 1 in 193 |
| Hawaii | #67 | 26 | 1 in 275 |
| Montana | #76 | 22 | 1 in 297 |
| South Dakota | #77 | 21 | 1 in 322 |
| Idaho | #82 | 19 | 1 in 311 |
| Nevada | #90 | 10 | 1 in 385 |
| Utah | #93 | 28 | 1 in 388 |
| Minnesota | #95 | 64 | 1 in 580 |
| Wyoming | #115 | 6 | 1 in 471 |
| Wisconsin | #120 | 44 | 1 in 967 |
| Washington | #122 | 39 | 1 in 685 |
| New Hampshire | #130 | 6 | 1 in 997 |
| Iowa | #135 | 28 | 1 in 961 |
| Nebraska | #143 | 15 | 1 in 947 |
| Maine | #148 | 9 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Oregon | #148 | 18 | 1 in 863 |
| Colorado | #154 | 24 | 1 in 838 |
| Oklahoma | #170 | 22 | 1 in 981 |
| West Virginia | #172 | 14 | 1 in 1,222 |
| Louisiana | #174 | 46 | 1 in 864 |
| Kansas | #175 | 18 | 1 in 1,089 |
| Arizona | #183 | 18 | 1 in 904 |
| Pennsylvania | #192 | 55 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Arkansas | #194 | 17 | 1 in 1,121 |
| North Carolina | #194 | 40 | 1 in 1,229 |
| Maryland | #195 | 22 | 1 in 1,496 |
| Alabama | #198 | 29 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Michigan | #201 | 46 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Tennessee | #204 | 26 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Kentucky | #205 | 21 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Georgia | #212 | 34 | 1 in 1,402 |
| California | #213 | 126 | 1 in 1,456 |
| Virginia | #213 | 28 | 1 in 1,528 |
| Illinois | #214 | 58 | 1 in 1,821 |
| New Mexico | #214 | 11 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Missouri | #220 | 24 | 1 in 1,796 |
| South Carolina | #225 | 18 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Florida | #228 | 35 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Ohio | #237 | 38 | 1 in 2,667 |
| District of Columbia | #239 | 7 | 1 in 2,016 |
| New Jersey | #239 | 23 | 1 in 2,682 |
| Indiana | #261 | 18 | 1 in 2,824 |
| Connecticut | #262 | 8 | 1 in 3,285 |
| New York | #265 | 65 | 1 in 2,649 |
| Texas | #274 | 67 | 1 in 1,680 |
| Massachusetts | #285 | 8 | 1 in 6,726 |
| Mississippi | #290 | 11 | 1 in 2,288 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Wade
- 3 spots since 2024 (#341 → #344)
- 4 spots since 2020 (#340 → #344)
- 175 spots since 2015 (#519 → #344)
- Biggest jump: 118 spots in 1909 (#383 → #265)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1908 (#253 → #383)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1966 at #183 (1,359 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,306 boys born in 1970 were named Wade (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,802 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #183 in 1966, was only 1 in 1,312 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.8% of all boys named Wade (12,866) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 523 | #200 (1882) | #225 |
| 1890s | 530 | #211 (1899) | #238 |
| 1900s | 557 | #218 (1901) | #273 |
| 1910s | 2,331 | #261 (1912) | #292 |
| 1920s | 3,538 | #286 (1921) | #302 |
| 1930s | 3,094 | #300 (1935) | #309 |
| 1940s | 4,293 | #275 (1940) | #302 |
| 1950s | 8,531 | #221 (1959) | #254 |
| 1960s | 12,866 | #183 (1966) | #204 |
| 1970s | 10,425 | #189 (1970) | #217 |
| 1980s | 6,973 | #285 (1980) | #300 |
| 1990s | 5,987 | #323 (1990) | #398 |
| 2000s | 4,494 | #473 (2000) | #538 |
| 2010s | 6,506 | #335 (2019) | #478 |
| 2020s | 5,850 | #326 (2021) | #339 |
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.
Wade in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 378,971 of them was named Wade, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,039 names at #6,767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 1,449 of them was named Wade, which outranked 95.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.