Wayde

#2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births

Peak · boys
1959 · 252 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,304
since 1915

Wayde over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wayde has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #493, 1959boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,67648
2024#3,52432
2023#3,88328
2022#2,83045
2021#2,91842
2020#2,92540
2019#2,22862
2018#3,30134
2017#3,07138
2016#3,11137
2015#3,08537
2014#3,03837
2013#3,86426
2012#3,29733
2011#3,51030
2010#3,63329
2009#4,42922
2008#3,92126
2007#6,62212
2006#5,07217
2005#4,46419
2004#6,97610
2003#3,04431
2002#4,04420
2001#6,9359
2000#4,78515
1999#3,27924
1998#3,59720
1997#3,35121
1996#2,67928
1995#3,55918
1994#2,76626
1993#3,66117
1992#2,99922
1991#3,81315
1990#3,05820
1989#2,98920
1988#2,86019
1987#3,73112
1986#3,26814
1985#3,59912
1984#3,27013
1983#2,91215
1982#2,42620
1981#2,89815
1980#3,25613
1979#2,66917
1978#3,07013
1977#3,60610
1976#2,94613
1975#2,45017
1974#2,19919
1973#2,31117
1972#2,41815
1971#2,05220
1970#1,84723
1969#1,52628
1968#1,89418
1967#1,50726
1966#1,37331
1965#1,80619
1964#1,40831
1963#1,37532
1962#1,27937
1961#1,09751
1960#672135
1959#493252
1958#622153
1957#1,36433
1956#2,09115
1955#1,79119
1954#2,11414
1953#3,4256
1952#3,7345
1951#3,7145
1950—
1949#3,0197
1948#2,7888
1947#2,6719
1946#2,6908
1945#2,9966
1944#3,4305
1943#3,2316
1942#3,2126
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1931#3,3906
1930#4,0015
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Wayde! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1930, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Wayde is popular in 1980

No state had 5 or more boys named Wayde in 1980, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wayde
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 848 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #2,676)
  • 249 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #2,676)
  • 409 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #2,676)
  • Biggest jump: 742 spots in 1958 (#1,364 → #622)
  • Biggest drop: 425 spots in 1961 (#672 → #1,097)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1959 at #493 (252 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1958–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,470
  • Highest: 1 in 8,470 boys born in 1959 were named Wayde (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,585 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Wayde (502) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,392 (1915)#3,780
1920s5#4,307 (1922)#4,307
1930s16#3,390 (1931)#3,678
1940s55#2,671 (1947)#3,005
1950s502#493 (1959)#2,150
1960s408#672 (1960)#1,394
1970s164#1,847 (1970)#2,557
1980s153#2,426 (1982)#3,121
1990s211#2,679 (1996)#3,276
2000s181#3,044 (2003)#5,029
2010s363#2,228 (2019)#3,214
2020s235#2,676 (2025)#3,126

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.

Wayde in 1980

boys
#3,256
13 births · 1 in 137,227 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #3,256Wayde13
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 137,227 of them was named Wayde, which outranked 55.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wayde
  1. #3,098Werner14
  2. #3,098Wiliam14
  3. #3,098Yasir14
  4. #3,256Wayde13
  5. #3,256Able13
  6. #3,256Akram13
  7. #3,256Aleem13
  8. #3,430Adama12
  9. #3,430Almanzo12
  10. #3,430Anish12

Tied with 173 names at #3,256; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →