Wade

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #344 for boys in 2025, 948 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1966 · 1,359 births
Debut · boys
56 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
76,498
since 1880

Wade over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wade has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #183, 1966boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#344948
2024#3411,010
2023#341977
2022#344953
2021#15,2515#3261,018
2020#340944
2019#335999
2018#361917
2017#367902
2016#406791
2015#519555
2014#543509
2013#546486
2012#554470
2011#551462
2010#599415
2009#620402
2008#592426
2007#529486
2006#553454
2005#506486
2004#12,7617#519463
2003#556403
2002#539414
2001#495464
2000#473496
1999#462494
1998#447507
1997#418554
1996#398593
1995#434527
1994#415553
1993#388592
1992#349686
1991#344703
1990#323778
1989#308776
1988#296777
1987#293731
1986#9,5456#287727
1985#9,3076#313650
1984#299666
1983#9,0156#318601
1982#300663
1981#10,4115#300647
1980#285735
1979#10,2105#269764
1978#7,6497#262776
1977#8,4446#236889
1976#9,2845#2101,009
1975#9,0675#1971,126
1974#8,7755#1971,119
1973#8,4235#1981,110
1972#7,2926#2101,053
1971#7,3886#2061,156
1970#6,3627#1891,423
1969#1931,364
1968#2071,125
1967#1921,244
1966#6,5645#1831,359
1965#5,8176#1941,300
1964#6,7675#2021,375
1963#2061,407
1962#4,26310#2221,204
1961#2211,247
1960#6,3905#2241,241
1959#6,2455#2211,230
1958#2281,148
1957#2251,141
1956#2241,077
1955#242836
1954#255755
1953#5,0406#270664
1952#284599
1951#293552
1950#297529
1949#312473
1948#309486
1947#313490
1946#297475
1945#304381
1944#294411
1943#310400
1942#318371
1941#291395
1940#275411
1939#302346
1938#314305
1937#303310
1936#308300
1935#300329
1934#310306
1933#313295
1932#312305
1931#313300
1930#319298
1929#313310
1928#4,7255#298355
1927#294377
1926#306343
1925#312333
1924#4,4346#293385
1923#4,3766#312337
1922#5,0095#306347
1921#286384
1920#3,9577#295367
1919#296333
1918#311324
1917#294317
1916#4,4175#283328
1915#319266
1914#280250
1913#298179
1912#261181
1911#30078
1910#27975
1909#26569
1908#38337
1907#25369
1906#26157
1905#24564
1904#25457
1903#27346
1902#30240
1901#21862
1900#27456
1899#21162
1898#22263
1897#23853
1896#22463
1895#28239
1894#23554
1893#23653
1892#24254
1891#26038
1890#23351
1889#25142
1888#24550
1887#25439
1886#21661
1885#22054
1884#23551
1883#20354
1882#20064
1881#21152
1880#21356
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wade was already there! It came in at #213, and was given to 56 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 38 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wade
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#341#344)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#340#344)
  • 175 spots since 2015 (#519#344)
  • Biggest jump: 118 spots in 1909 (#383#265)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1908 (#253#383)
Rise & fade · boys
86 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1966 at #183 (1,359 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,306
  • Highest: 1 in 1,306 boys born in 1970 were named Wade (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,802 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #183 in 1966, was only 1 in 1,312 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Wade (12,866) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s523#200 (1882)#225
1890s530#211 (1899)#238
1900s557#218 (1901)#273
1910s2,331#261 (1912)#292
1920s3,538#286 (1921)#302
1930s3,094#300 (1935)#309
1940s4,293#275 (1940)#302
1950s8,531#221 (1959)#254
1960s12,866#183 (1966)#204
1970s10,425#189 (1970)#217
1980s6,973#285 (1980)#300
1990s5,987#323 (1990)#398
2000s4,494#473 (2000)#538
2010s6,506#335 (2019)#478
2020s5,850#326 (2021)#339

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Wade in 1935

boys
#300
329 births · 1 in 3,165 boys

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #300Wade329
More about 1935

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 3,165 of them was named Wade, which outranked 92.8% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wade
  1. #297Noel339
  2. #298Sammie333
  3. #299Darwin330
  4. #300Wade329
  5. #300Grover329
  6. #302Preston324
  7. #302Raul324
  8. #304Emil320

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 1,371Darwyn#2,121#750
  2. 678Landon#1,608#930
  3. 678Stafford#1,658#980
  4. 666Lance#1,658#992
  5. 492Delwin#1,461#969
Fallers
  1. 534Estel#792#1,326
  2. 493Gustav#897#1,390
  3. 381Florian#845#1,226
  4. 353Laurie#942#1,295
  5. 342Valentin#931#1,273

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935