Wava
#4,919 most common girls' name of all time · #8,342 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1892–1987
Rank among girls
#4,919
Rank overall
#8,342 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
1,727
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #989
Best rank
#965 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 60/yr
Wava first appears in 1892. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,850 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,306 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,636 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,700 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,378 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,372 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,844 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,103 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,421 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,604 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,957 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,628 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,720 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,527 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,850 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,470 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,763 |
| 1948 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,151 |
| 1947 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,960 |
| 1946 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,878 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,117 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1943 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,806 |
| 1942 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,648 |
| 1941 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,283 |
| 1940 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,388 |
| 1939 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,563 |
| 1938 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,616 |
| 1937 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,371 |
| 1936 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,175 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,527 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,197 |
| 1933 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,135 |
| 1932 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1931 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,068 |
| 1930 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,012 |
| 1929 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,037 |
| 1928 | 57 | — | 57 | #992 |
| 1927 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,226 |
| 1926 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,020 |
| 1925 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,018 |
| 1924 | 60 | — | 60 | #989 |
| 1923 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,095 |
| 1922 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,072 |
| 1921 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,234 |
| 1920 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,251 |
| 1919 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,036 |
| 1918 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,175 |
| 1917 | 50 | — | 50 | #999 |
| 1916 | 49 | — | 49 | #988 |
| 1915 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,149 |
| 1914 | 36 | — | 36 | #997 |
| 1913 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,083 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,207 |
| 1911 | 15 | — | 15 | #1,224 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,591 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,137 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,186 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,477 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,388 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | 16 | #965 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,783 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,943 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,721 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,207 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,224 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,473 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,508 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,391 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,051 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,338 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,407 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,661 |