girls:
69 births since 1919
#5647 (1st percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1921
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
80 births since 1919
#7659 (1st percentile)
The name Waver is the #7,659 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 80 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 1.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,647 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 69 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1921.
Waver first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for girls and 1921 for boys). Birth data for Waver is available in 10 out of the 37 years between 1919 and 1955 (10 years for girls and 2 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 Waver has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.3% of all recorded births being female. In 1955, 100.0% of babies named Waver were girls.
For girls, Waver reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #598) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1955.
For boys, Waver reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #549) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1926.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Waver".
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