girls:
106 births since 1897
#5610 (2nd percentile)
boys:
53 births since 2020
#4533 (1st percentile)
overall:
159 births since 1897
#7580 (2nd percentile)
The name Wave is the #7,580 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 159 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,610 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 106 births since 1897. For boys, it ranks #4,533 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 2020.
Wave first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for girls and 2020 for boys). Birth data for Wave is available in 18 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023 (15 years for girls and 4 years for boys). 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 Wave has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Wave were girls. Interestingly, until around 2020, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1897 to 2019), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (89.8% boys from 2020 to 2023).
For girls, Wave reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #571) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 24 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Wave reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #891) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Wave is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #891 (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wave".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Wave is pronounced as wayv, which has 1 syllables.
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