girls:
96 births since 1891
#5620 (2nd percentile)
boys:
90 births since 1917
#4496 (2nd percentile)
overall:
186 births since 1891
#7553 (2nd percentile)
The name Wadie is the #7,553 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 186 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,620 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 96 births since 1891. For boys, it ranks #4,496 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 90 births since 1917.
Wadie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for girls and 1917 for boys). Birth data for Wadie is available in 26 out of the 118 years between 1891 and 2008. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Wadie is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2008, 100.0% of babies named Wadie were boys. Interestingly, until around 1939, the name was more popular for girls (69.0% girls from 1891 to 1938), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.7% boys from 1939 to 2008).
For girls, Wadie reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #587) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 25 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1940.
For boys, Wadie reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #515) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wadie".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Wadie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Wadie is pronounced as WAY-dee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WAH-dee, at 24.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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