Wanya
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 96.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 95 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 484since 1992
Wanya over time
Rank among boys' names. Wanya has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | ||
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| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
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| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
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| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,050 | 51 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,799 | 60 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,605 | 65 |
| 1997 | — | #3,064 | 24 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,195 | 95 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,338 | 77 |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wanya! It came in at #6,670, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2004–2018, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Wanya is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#456 · 1 in 3,579
- Mississippi#480 · 1 in 3,029
- Maryland#509 · 1 in 4,788
- Virginia#572 · 1 in 5,574
- North Carolina#770 · 1 in 9,177
Best ever in a state: #388 in Mississippi, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #456 | 7 | 1 in 3,579 |
| Mississippi | #480 | 5 | 1 in 3,029 |
| Maryland | #509 | 6 | 1 in 4,788 |
| Virginia | #572 | 7 | 1 in 5,574 |
| North Carolina | #770 | 5 | 1 in 9,177 |
| Illinois | #985 | 6 | 1 in 13,489 |
| California | #1,839 | 6 | 1 in 42,258 |
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See more about Wanya
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1992
- Peaked 1996 at #1,195 (95 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 19,940 boys born in 1996 were named Wanya (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 64.0% of all boys named Wanya (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1990s | 310 | #1,195 (1996) | #3,665 |
| 2000s | 148 | #1,799 (2000) | #5,143 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,803 (2019) | #10,803 |
| 2020s | 20 | #8,300 (2022) | #10,490 |
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.
Wanya in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 350,601 of them was named Wanya, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 19,940 of them was named Wanya, which outranked 88.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).