Wane

Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,930

Peak · boys
1955 · 22 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
160
since 1922

Wane over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wane has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #1,646, 1955boys
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1965#3,9305
1964#3,0508
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1962#3,3057
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five boys were named Wane! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1938, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Wane is popular in 1955

No state had 5 or more boys named Wane in 1955, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wane
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1955 at #1,646 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 3 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 93,631
  • Highest: 1 in 93,631 boys born in 1955 were named Wane (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 372,029 boys born in 1965 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 51.2% of all boys named Wane (82) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#3,872 (1922)#4,037
1930s7#2,829 (1939)#2,829
1940s22#2,403 (1946)#2,987
1950s82#1,646 (1955)#2,456
1960s38#3,050 (1964)#3,541

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.

Wane in 1955

boys
#1,646
22 births · 1 in 93,631 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,646Wane22
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 93,631 of them was named Wane, which outranked 62.6% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wane
  1. #1,611Thurmond23
  2. #1,611Tyson23
  3. #1,611Verlon23
  4. #1,646Wane22
  5. #1,646Acie22
  6. #1,646Albin22
  7. #1,646Arland22
  8. #1,682Anastacio21
  9. #1,682Arcadio21
  10. #1,682Arley21

Tied with 35 names at #1,646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →