Meaning not yet researched.
Wade: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 948 in 2025. Its best rank was #183 in 1966.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #183 in 1966; #344 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wade in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#344 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1966, at #183.
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Wade: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 948 boys in 2025. Peak: #183 in 1966 · most boys in one year: 1,423 (1970).
In 2025, 948 US boys were named Wade, making it the 344th most common boys’ name of the year, down 3 places from #341 in 2024. That is 62 fewer than the 1,010 boys named Wade in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #183, reached in 1966. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,423, in 1970. For comparison, it was #519 in 2015 and #297 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wade in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 56 babies with the name. In all, 76,666 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 12,897 babies named Wade.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,459 US boys were named Wade; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 1,018. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,802 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wade ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #93 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Wayde (2,304 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Waad, Waid and Waide are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Waad (59), Waid (45), Waide (11), Wayd (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Wade in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 9 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 9 | #93 | — |
| Montana | 12 | #108 | #200 |
| Idaho | 22 | #117 | #314 |
| Utah | 31 | #180 | #302 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #198 | — |
| North Carolina | 63 | #199 | #406 |
| Wisconsin | 31 | #203 | #670 |
| Missouri | 35 | #206 | #249 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #219 | — |
| Nebraska | 11 | #242 | #429 |
| Iowa | 17 | #245 | #451 |
| Kansas | 16 | #245 | #420 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #247 | #569 |
| Washington | 31 | #251 | #594 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #263 | — |
| Maine | 5 | #264 | — |
| Kentucky | 21 | #265 | #305 |
| Ohio | 46 | #271 | #619 |
| Louisiana | 19 | #277 | #461 |
| Indiana | 25 | #316 | #370 |
| Michigan | 30 | #320 | #505 |
| Oregon | 13 | #324 | #547 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #330 | — |
| Minnesota | 18 | #336 | — |
| Virginia | 24 | #350 | #579 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #356 | — |
| Florida | 55 | #360 | #535 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #377 | #455 |
| Georgia | 31 | #385 | #497 |
| Tennessee | 22 | #387 | #476 |
| Texas | 78 | #434 | #590 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #435 | #323 |
| Illinois | 25 | #444 | #496 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #464 | — |
| Arizona | 15 | #489 | #484 |
| Colorado | 12 | #500 | #550 |
| Alabama | 10 | #523 | #615 |
| California | 54 | #564 | #626 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #604 | #953 |
| New York | 22 | #691 | #1,155 |
| Maryland | 7 | #694 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #892 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 948 | #344 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,010 | #341 |
| 2023 | — | — | 977 | #341 |
| 2022 | — | — | 953 | #344 |
| 2021 | 5 | #17,524 | 1,018 | #326 |
| 2020 | — | — | 944 | #341 |
| 2019 | — | — | 999 | #335 |
| 2018 | — | — | 917 | #361 |
| 2017 | — | — | 902 | #367 |
| 2016 | — | — | 791 | #406 |
| 2015 | — | — | 555 | #519 |
| 2014 | — | — | 509 | #544 |
| 2013 | — | — | 486 | #549 |
| 2012 | — | — | 470 | #555 |
| 2011 | — | — | 462 | #552 |
| 2010 | — | — | 415 | #599 |
| 2009 | — | — | 402 | #620 |
| 2008 | — | — | 426 | #592 |
| 2007 | — | — | 486 | #529 |
| 2006 | — | — | 454 | #555 |
| 2005 | — | — | 486 | #507 |
| 2004 | 7 | #14,112 | 463 | #519 |
| 2003 | — | — | 403 | #558 |
| 2002 | — | — | 414 | #539 |
| 2001 | — | — | 464 | #495 |
| 2000 | — | — | 496 | #474 |
| 1999 | — | — | 494 | #462 |
| 1998 | — | — | 507 | #447 |
| 1997 | — | — | 554 | #419 |
| 1996 | — | — | 593 | #399 |
| 1995 | — | — | 527 | #435 |
| 1994 | — | — | 553 | #416 |
| 1993 | — | — | 592 | #388 |
| 1992 | — | — | 686 | #349 |
| 1991 | — | — | 703 | #344 |
| 1990 | — | — | 778 | #323 |
| 1989 | — | — | 776 | #308 |
| 1988 | — | — | 777 | #296 |
| 1987 | — | — | 731 | #293 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,872 | 727 | #287 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,649 | 650 | #314 |
| 1984 | — | — | 666 | #299 |
| 1983 | 6 | #10,249 | 601 | #318 |
| 1982 | — | — | 663 | #300 |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,151 | 647 | #300 |
| 1980 | — | — | 735 | #285 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,926 | 764 | #270 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,541 | 776 | #262 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,626 | 889 | #236 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,875 | 1,009 | #210 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,584 | 1,126 | #197 |
| 1974 | 5 | #10,218 | 1,119 | #197 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,773 | 1,110 | #198 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,263 | 1,053 | #210 |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,298 | 1,156 | #206 |
| 1970 | 7 | #7,059 | 1,423 | #189 |
| 1969 | — | — | 1,364 | #193 |
| 1968 | — | — | 1,125 | #208 |
| 1967 | — | — | 1,244 | #192 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,594 | 1,359 | #183 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,520 | 1,300 | #194 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,793 | 1,375 | #202 |
| 1963 | — | — | 1,407 | #206 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,526 | 1,204 | #222 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,247 | #221 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,302 | 1,241 | #224 |
| 1959 | 5 | #7,176 | 1,230 | #221 |
| 1958 | — | — | 1,148 | #228 |
| 1957 | — | — | 1,141 | #225 |
| 1956 | — | — | 1,077 | #224 |
| 1955 | — | — | 836 | #242 |
| 1954 | — | — | 755 | #255 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,653 | 664 | #270 |
| 1952 | — | — | 599 | #284 |
| 1951 | — | — | 552 | #294 |
| 1950 | — | — | 529 | #297 |
| 1949 | — | — | 473 | #312 |
| 1948 | — | — | 486 | #309 |
| 1947 | — | — | 490 | #314 |
| 1946 | — | — | 475 | #297 |
| 1945 | — | — | 381 | #306 |
| 1944 | — | — | 411 | #294 |
| 1943 | — | — | 400 | #310 |
| 1942 | — | — | 371 | #318 |
| 1941 | — | — | 395 | #293 |
| 1940 | — | — | 411 | #275 |
| 1939 | — | — | 346 | #303 |
| 1938 | — | — | 305 | #314 |
| 1937 | — | — | 310 | #303 |
| 1936 | — | — | 300 | #308 |
| 1935 | — | — | 329 | #301 |
| 1934 | — | — | 306 | #311 |
| 1933 | — | — | 295 | #314 |
| 1932 | — | — | 305 | #313 |
| 1931 | — | — | 300 | #314 |
| 1930 | — | — | 298 | #319 |
| 1929 | — | — | 310 | #313 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,404 | 355 | #298 |
| 1927 | — | — | 377 | #295 |
| 1926 | — | — | 343 | #306 |
| 1925 | — | — | 333 | #312 |
| 1924 | 6 | #5,034 | 385 | #293 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,947 | 337 | #312 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,761 | 347 | #306 |
| 1921 | — | — | 384 | #287 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,383 | 367 | #295 |
| 1919 | — | — | 333 | #296 |
| 1918 | — | — | 324 | #311 |
| 1917 | — | — | 317 | #295 |
| 1916 | 5 | #5,139 | 328 | #285 |
| 1915 | — | — | 266 | #321 |
| 1914 | — | — | 250 | #281 |
| 1913 | — | — | 179 | #298 |
| 1912 | — | — | 181 | #261 |
| 1911 | — | — | 78 | #303 |
| 1910 | — | — | 75 | #281 |
| 1909 | — | — | 69 | #267 |
| 1908 | — | — | 37 | #388 |
| 1907 | — | — | 69 | #253 |
| 1906 | — | — | 57 | #262 |
| 1905 | — | — | 64 | #245 |
| 1904 | — | — | 57 | #256 |
| 1903 | — | — | 46 | #277 |
| 1902 | — | — | 40 | #307 |
| 1901 | — | — | 62 | #222 |
| 1900 | — | — | 56 | #276 |
| 1899 | — | — | 62 | #212 |
| 1898 | — | — | 63 | #222 |
| 1897 | — | — | 53 | #242 |
| 1896 | — | — | 63 | #229 |
| 1895 | — | — | 39 | #288 |
| 1894 | — | — | 54 | #236 |
| 1893 | — | — | 53 | #238 |
| 1892 | — | — | 54 | #243 |
| 1891 | — | — | 38 | #264 |
| 1890 | — | — | 51 | #235 |
| 1889 | — | — | 42 | #259 |
| 1888 | — | — | 50 | #250 |
| 1887 | — | — | 39 | #260 |
| 1886 | — | — | 61 | #218 |
| 1885 | — | — | 54 | #225 |
| 1884 | — | — | 51 | #239 |
| 1883 | — | — | 54 | #204 |
| 1882 | — | — | 64 | #202 |
| 1881 | — | — | 52 | #214 |
| 1880 | — | — | 56 | #215 |
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).