Waverly**
#2,102 most common girls' name of all time · #3,583 across all names · 30% boys / 70% girls · used 1881–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#2,102
Rank overall
#3,583 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
135 of 146
All-time
6,550
Since 2016
3,106
Peak year
2021 #746
Best rank
#736 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 387/yr
Waverly first appears in 1881. 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 | 244 | — | 244 | #1,028 |
| 2024 | 293 | 5 | 298 | #905 |
| 2023 | 305 | — | 305 | #882 |
| 2022 | 384 | — | 384 | #753 |
| 2021 | 381 | 6 | 387 | #746 |
| 2020 | 372 | 5 | 377 | #736 |
| 2019 | 337 | 6 | 343 | #811 |
| 2018 | 269 | 5 | 274 | #983 |
| 2017 | 255 | 9 | 264 | #1,016 |
| 2016 | 225 | 5 | 230 | #1,125 |
| 2015 | 121 | 6 | 127 | #1,731 |
| 2014 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,618 |
| 2013 | 109 | 5 | 114 | #1,851 |
| 2012 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,429 |
| 2011 | 69 | 7 | 76 | #2,591 |
| 2010 | 56 | 5 | 61 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,753 |
| 2008 | 51 | 5 | 56 | #3,271 |
| 2007 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,922 |
| 2006 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,800 |
| 2005 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,816 |
| 2004 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,826 |
| 2003 | 38 | 6 | 44 | #3,661 |
| 2002 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,184 |
| 2001 | 33 | 7 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2000 | 28 | 6 | 34 | #4,300 |
| 1999 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #4,453 |
| 1998 | 27 | 8 | 35 | #4,151 |
| 1997 | 39 | 9 | 48 | #3,041 |
| 1996 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,310 |
| 1995 | 52 | 6 | 58 | #2,460 |
| 1994 | 50 | 8 | 58 | #2,507 |
| 1993 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #13,495 |
| 1992 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #13,368 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #11,448 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #10,890 |
| 1988 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,853 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,385 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #9,066 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1981 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1980 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #8,613 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #7,341 |
| 1975 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,210 |
| 1974 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #8,821 |
| 1973 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #8,475 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #7,432 |
| 1970 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #8,063 |
| 1969 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #5,677 |
| 1967 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,099 |
| 1966 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1965 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1964 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #5,053 |
| 1963 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #4,567 |
| 1962 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #3,611 |
| 1961 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 1960 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #5,211 |
| 1959 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #5,611 |
| 1958 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #6,156 |
| 1957 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #6,145 |
| 1956 | 5 | 40 | 45 | #6,016 |
| 1955 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #5,255 |
| 1954 | 7 | 25 | 32 | #4,696 |
| 1953 | 14 | 24 | 38 | #2,938 |
| 1952 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #4,956 |
| 1951 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #5,464 |
| 1950 | 7 | 34 | 41 | #4,358 |
| 1949 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #4,263 |
| 1948 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #3,621 |
| 1947 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #5,344 |
| 1946 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #4,460 |
| 1945 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #4,099 |
| 1943 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #4,235 |
| 1942 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 1941 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #3,607 |
| 1940 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #3,460 |
| 1938 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #4,387 |
| 1937 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #4,312 |
| 1936 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #3,750 |
| 1935 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1934 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #3,488 |
| 1933 | — | 31 | 31 | — |
| 1932 | 8 | 25 | 33 | #3,298 |
| 1931 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1930 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1929 | — | 42 | 42 | — |
| 1928 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1927 | — | 31 | 31 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #3,309 |
| 1925 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #4,457 |
| 1924 | — | 40 | 40 | — |
| 1923 | — | 35 | 35 | — |
| 1922 | — | 34 | 34 | — |
| 1921 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #5,018 |
| 1919 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #3,855 |
| 1918 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1916 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1915 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #3,660 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1911 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1905 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1900 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | — |