girls:
4k births since 1914
#2721 (52nd percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1881
#2826 (38th percentile)
overall:
6k births since 1881
#3499 (55th percentile)
The name Waverly is the #3,499 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,001 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 54.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,721 (52.4% percentile) for all time with 4,024 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #2,826 (38.3% percentile) for all time with 1,977 births since 1881.
Waverly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1914 for girls). Birth data for Waverly is available in 133 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (120 years for boys and 79 years for girls). 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 Waverly has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Waverly were girls. Interestingly, until around 1994, the name was more popular for boys (85.5% boys from 1881 to 1993), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (97.0% girls from 1994 to 2023).
For girls, Waverly reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 38.2% percentile (ranked #592) with 214 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 214 births per million (ranked 38.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Waverly ranks #655 for girls (30.9% percentile) with 174 births per million, which is 81.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Waverly reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #494) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 80 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Waverly".
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