Waverly
#1,027 for girls in 2025, 244 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 69.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 372 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,563since 1914
Waverly over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,027 | 244 | — | |
| 2024 | #904 | 293 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #881 | 305 | — | |
| 2022 | #753 | 384 | — | |
| 2021 | #746 | 381 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #736 | 372 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #810 | 337 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #982 | 269 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #1,016 | 255 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #1,125 | 225 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #1,731 | 121 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #1,617 | 133 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,849 | 109 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #2,426 | 76 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,589 | 69 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #3,010 | 56 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #2,752 | 65 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #3,918 | 40 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | — | #1,580 | 24 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | — | #1,467 | 30 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,364 | 33 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,203 | 40 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,525 | 25 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,430 | 28 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,052 | 46 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #1,232 | 34 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | — | #1,680 | 17 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | — | #1,181 | 31 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | — | #1,489 | 22 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,496 | 24 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,055 | 42 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1924 | — | #1,133 | 40 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,213 | 35 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,448 | 27 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,553 | 20 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Waverly! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Waverly is popular in 1962
No state had 5 or more girls named Waverly in 1962, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Waverly
- 123 spots since 2024 (#904 → #1,027)
- 291 spots since 2020 (#736 → #1,027)
- 704 spots since 2015 (#1,731 → #1,027)
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 2019 (#982 → #810)
- Biggest drop: 128 spots in 2023 (#753 → #881)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2020 at #736 (372 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2018–2024
- Highest: 1 in 4,271 girls born in 2022 were named Waverly (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,587 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #736 in 2020, was only 1 in 4,346 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 43.4% of all girls named Waverly (1,979) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,618 (1914) | #3,718 |
| 1920s | 20 | #3,269 (1926) | #4,223 |
| 1930s | 38 | #3,274 (1932) | #3,742 |
| 1940s | 51 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,246 |
| 1950s | 66 | #2,921 (1953) | #5,113 |
| 1960s | 50 | #3,592 (1962) | #4,999 |
| 1970s | 41 | #7,173 (1975) | #7,945 |
| 1980s | 22 | #9,015 (1983) | #10,746 |
| 1990s | 244 | #2,456 (1995) | #6,450 |
| 2000s | 390 | #2,752 (2009) | #3,835 |
| 2010s | 1,650 | #810 (2019) | #1,716 |
| 2020s | 1,979 | #736 (2020) | #841 |
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.
Waverly in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 151,277 of them was named Waverly, which outranked 52.6% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,438Wynn14
- #3,438Yalonda14
- #3,438Zora14
- #3,592Waverly13
- #3,592Alanda13
- #3,592Aleida13
- #3,592Alex13
- #3,782Aaron12
- #3,782Adrena12
- #3,782Alfreida12
Tied with 189 names at #3,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 103,439 of them was named Waverly, which outranked 61.0% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,757Ventura21
- #1,757Wanda21
- #1,757Welton21
- #1,805Waverly20
- #1,805Allie20
- #1,805Ann20
- #1,805Anselmo20
- #1,852Americo19
- #1,852Amy19
- #1,852Author19
Tied with 46 names at #1,805; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.