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Wacey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 32 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,718 in 1987.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,718 in 1987; #3,578 in 2025. About 84% of babies named Wacey in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,578 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1987, at #2,718.
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Wacey: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 32 boys in 2025. Peak: #2,718 in 1987 · most boys in one year: 32 (2025).
In 2025, 32 US boys were named Wacey, making it the 3,578th most common boys’ name of the year, up 843 places from #4,421 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 24 boys named Wacey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,718, reached in 1987. The most boys given the name in a single year was 32, in 2025. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Wacey, making it the 14,827th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #14,827, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 6. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wacey in 35 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1979 with 9 babies. In all, 413 US babies have been given the name, 1.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 121 babies named Wacey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 129 US boys were named Wacey; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 32. In 2025 that was about 1 in 53,377 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,827 | 32 | #3,578 |
| 2024 | — | — | 24 | #4,421 |
| 2023 | — | — | 8 | #9,696 |
| 2022 | — | — | 15 | #6,133 |
| 2021 | — | — | 8 | #9,642 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #7,011 |
| 2019 | — | — | 9 | #8,841 |
| 2018 | — | — | 12 | #7,104 |
| 2016 | — | — | 9 | #8,767 |
| 2014 | — | — | 5 | #13,962 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #10,668 |
| 2008 | — | — | 5 | #14,503 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #10,859 |
| 2005 | — | — | 5 | #13,269 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #9,193 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #10,298 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #6,291 |
| 1997 | — | — | 8 | #7,251 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #10,477 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #5,109 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,344 |
| 1993 | — | — | 11 | #5,342 |
| 1992 | — | — | 23 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | — | — | 19 | #3,318 |
| 1990 | — | — | 24 | #2,776 |
| 1989 | — | — | 15 | #3,801 |
| 1988 | — | — | 18 | #3,072 |
| 1987 | — | — | 20 | #2,718 |
| 1986 | — | — | 12 | #3,872 |
| 1985 | — | — | 14 | #3,391 |
| 1984 | — | — | 9 | #4,543 |
| 1983 | — | — | 6 | #6,206 |
| 1981 | — | — | 5 | #7,248 |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #5,504 |
| 1979 | — | — | 9 | #4,391 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).