Wade

Where Wade comes from

From Old English wæd (“a ford”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Wade
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #213 among boys — 56 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1961
    Wade Williams born
    American actor
  3. 1966
    Peak, #183
    1,359 babies named Wade — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1980
    Wade Barrett born
    British professional wrestler
  5. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #300.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Wade Williams · American actor, born 1961
  • Wade Barrett · British professional wrestler, born 1980
  • Wade Domínguez · American actor, 1966–1998
  • Wade Hampton III · American politician, 1818–1902
  • Wade Robson · Australian choreographer, creative director, and songwriter, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.