Wane
Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,930
- Peak · boys
- 1955 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 160since 1922
Wane over time
Rank among boys' names. Wane has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
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| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
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| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
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| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
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| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
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| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wane! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1938, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wane
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1955 at #1,646 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 93,631 boys born in 1955 were named Wane (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 372,029 boys born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 51.2% of all boys named Wane (82) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #3,872 (1922) | #4,037 |
| 1930s | 7 | #2,829 (1939) | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 22 | #2,403 (1946) | #2,987 |
| 1950s | 82 | #1,646 (1955) | #2,456 |
| 1960s | 38 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,541 |
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.
Wane in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 93,631 of them was named Wane, which outranked 62.6% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,611Thurmond23
- #1,611Tyson23
- #1,611Verlon23
- #1,646Wane22
- #1,646Acie22
- #1,646Albin22
- #1,646Arland22
- #1,682Anastacio21
- #1,682Arcadio21
- #1,682Arley21
Tied with 35 names at #1,646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.