Wave**
#10,755 most common boys' name of all time · #27,286 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1897–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,755
Rank overall
#27,286 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
20 of 146
All-time
242
Since 2016
142
Peak year
2024 #3,227
Best rank
#3,227 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 42/yr
Wave first appears in 1897. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #3,320 |
| 2024 | 5 | 37 | 42 | #3,227 |
| 2023 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #5,889 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,855 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,679 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1922 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1917 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | — | 6 | — |