Wavie

Last seen for girls in 1945 at #4,556 · Last seen for boys in 1948 at #3,668
Given to girls 85.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,292
1896 · 7 births
Debut · girls
1893
5 births
In top 100 · girls
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of 146 years
Total births · girls
261
since 1893

Wavie over time

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#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,292, 1896peak #2,742, 1934girlsboys
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five girls were named Wavie! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1893–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Wavie is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #403 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,110 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Wavie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#403 · 1 in 4,110

Best ever in a state: #333 in West Virginia, 1920.

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See more about Wavie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1945
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1896 at #1,292 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33,988
  • Highest: 1 in 33,988 girls born in 1896 were named Wavie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 261,418 girls born in 1945 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Wavie (84) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1946
  • Mostly girls until 1945, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,292 (1896)#1,365
1900s33#1,339 (1901)#1,580
1910s82#2,144 (1912)#2,718
1920s84#2,283 (1925)#3,476
1930s31#3,156 (1935)#3,828
1940s19#3,194 (1942)#4,057

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

Wavie in 1925

girls
#2,283
16 births · 1 in 76,087 girls

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #2,283Wavie16
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 76,087 of them was named Wavie, which outranked 60.4% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wavie
  1. #2,191Willena17
  2. #2,191Yukiko17
  3. #2,191Zulema17
  4. #2,283Wavie16
  5. #2,283Albena16
  6. #2,283Alfrieda16
  7. #2,283Algie16
  8. #2,378Adelyn15
  9. #2,378Agapita15
  10. #2,378Aletta15

Tied with 94 names at #2,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →