Wai**
#10,328 most common boys' name of all time · #26,182 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1970–1999 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,328
Rank overall
#26,182 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
262
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1982 #3,428
Best rank
#2,889 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Wai first appears in 1970. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,300 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,278 |
| 1992 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #8,907 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,990 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,087 |
| 1987 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #5,251 |
| 1986 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,582 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,160 |
| 1984 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #3,412 |
| 1983 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,811 |
| 1982 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #3,428 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,276 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,789 |
| 1979 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #4,701 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,431 |
| 1977 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #2,889 |
| 1976 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #3,071 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,732 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,423 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,429 |