Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wah

#17,930 most common boys' name of all time · #46,969 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2017

Rank among boys
#17,930
Rank overall
#46,969 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
67
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1925 #3,097
Best rank
#2,793 1915
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940196019802000

Wah first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2017 — 6 6 #10,909
1927 — 8 8 #3,326
1926 — 6 6 #3,946
1925 — 9 9 #3,097
1923 — 5 5 #4,499
1920 — 5 5 #4,551
1918 — 7 7 #3,573
1917 — 5 5 #4,233
1915 — 9 9 #2,793
1914 — 7 7 #2,911