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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1914
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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Georgia#1,153 · 1 in 6,759
- Virginia#1,158 · 1 in 7,277
- Texas#2,119 · 1 in 17,590
- California#2,784 · 1 in 29,869
Best ever in a state: #169 in Montana, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #1,153 | 7 | 1 in 6,759 |
| Virginia | #1,158 | 5 | 1 in 7,277 |
| Texas | #2,119 | 9 | 1 in 17,590 |
| California | #2,784 | 7 | 1 in 29,869 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
106 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2020 at #736 (372 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2018–2024
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,271
- 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
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 43.4% of all girls named Waverly (1,979) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
- 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 2012
girls
#2,426
76 births · 1 in 23,172 girls
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 23,172 of them was named Waverly, which outranked 87.6% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Waverly
- #2,401Shanelle77
- #2,401Uma77
- #2,401Venus77
- #2,426Waverly76
- #2,426Alasia76
- #2,426Angelia76
- #2,426Blakeley76
- #2,449Aeris75
- #2,449Amethyst75
- #2,449Angeles75
Tied with 22 names at #2,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.