Wavie
Last seen for girls in 1945 at #4,556 · Last seen for boys in 1948 at #3,668
Given to girls 85.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 261since 1893
Wavie 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
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
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| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,742 | 8 |
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| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #4,001 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
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| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
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| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Wavie! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Wavie is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Wavie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Wavie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1945
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1896 at #1,292 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 33,988 girls born in 1896 were named Wavie (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 261,418 girls born in 1945 (0.00%)
- 32.2% of all girls named Wavie (84) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1945, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1890s | 12 | #1,292 (1896) | #1,365 |
| 1900s | 33 | #1,339 (1901) | #1,580 |
| 1910s | 82 | #2,144 (1912) | #2,718 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,283 (1925) | #3,476 |
| 1930s | 31 | #3,156 (1935) | #3,828 |
| 1940s | 19 | #3,194 (1942) | #4,057 |
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.
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