Waneta
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592
- Peak · girls
- 1923 · 101 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,466since 1895
Waneta over time
Rank among girls' names. Waneta has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 |
| 1938 | #1,219 | 36 |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 |
| 1935 | #984 | 49 |
| 1934 | #981 | 49 |
| 1933 | #895 | 57 |
| 1932 | #862 | 65 |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 |
| 1930 | #831 | 73 |
| 1929 | #1,003 | 52 |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 |
| 1927 | #883 | 71 |
| 1926 | #836 | 77 |
| 1925 | #853 | 76 |
| 1924 | #797 | 87 |
| 1923 | #724 | 101 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 |
| 1921 | #750 | 95 |
| 1920 | #777 | 87 |
| 1919 | #806 | 76 |
| 1918 | #751 | 90 |
| 1917 | #888 | 61 |
| 1916 | #831 | 66 |
| 1915 | #811 | 65 |
| 1914 | #932 | 40 |
| 1913 | #961 | 31 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Waneta! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Waneta is popular in 1934
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#424 · 1 in 6,425
- Illinois#557 · 1 in 9,891
Best ever in a state: #126 in Vermont, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #424 | 7 | 1 in 6,425 |
| Illinois | #557 | 5 | 1 in 9,891 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Waneta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 1930 (#1,003 → #831)
- Biggest drop: 101 spots in 1929 (#902 → #1,003)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1923 at #724 (101 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1913–1928
- Highest: 1 in 11,944 girls born in 1923 were named Waneta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 32.2% of all girls named Waneta (793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,426 (1895) | #1,491 |
| 1900s | 40 | #1,092 (1907) | #1,503 |
| 1910s | 480 | #751 (1918) | #951 |
| 1920s | 793 | #724 (1923) | #833 |
| 1930s | 533 | #768 (1931) | #985 |
| 1940s | 252 | #1,151 (1941) | #1,819 |
| 1950s | 144 | #2,266 (1952) | #3,075 |
| 1960s | 95 | #3,460 (1961) | #4,714 |
| 1970s | 58 | #5,427 (1979) | #6,445 |
| 1980s | 22 | #9,095 (1980) | #10,279 |
| 1990s | 22 | #7,283 (1997) | #11,186 |
| 2000s | 10 | #16,462 (2005) | #16,983 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,592 (2022) | #13,592 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Waneta in 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 21,311 of them was named Waneta, which outranked 80.3% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #973Joye50
- #973Madie50
- #973Marylee50
- #981Waneta49
- #981Antonette49
- #981Ceola49
- #981Christeen49
- #993Alexandra48
- #993Bettylou48
- #993Delta48
Tied with 11 names at #981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.