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.

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
19001920194019601980

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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