Wayde

#2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births

Peak · boys
1959 · 252 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,304
since 1915

Wayde over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wayde has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #493, 1959boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,67648
2024#3,52432
2023#3,88328
2022#2,83045
2021#2,91842
2020#2,92540
2019#2,22862
2018#3,30134
2017#3,07138
2016#3,11137
2015#3,08537
2014#3,03837
2013#3,86426
2012#3,29733
2011#3,51030
2010#3,63329
2009#4,42922
2008#3,92126
2007#6,62212
2006#5,07217
2005#4,46419
2004#6,97610
2003#3,04431
2002#4,04420
2001#6,9359
2000#4,78515
1999#3,27924
1998#3,59720
1997#3,35121
1996#2,67928
1995#3,55918
1994#2,76626
1993#3,66117
1992#2,99922
1991#3,81315
1990#3,05820
1989#2,98920
1988#2,86019
1987#3,73112
1986#3,26814
1985#3,59912
1984#3,27013
1983#2,91215
1982#2,42620
1981#2,89815
1980#3,25613
1979#2,66917
1978#3,07013
1977#3,60610
1976#2,94613
1975#2,45017
1974#2,19919
1973#2,31117
1972#2,41815
1971#2,05220
1970#1,84723
1969#1,52628
1968#1,89418
1967#1,50726
1966#1,37331
1965#1,80619
1964#1,40831
1963#1,37532
1962#1,27937
1961#1,09751
1960#672135
1959#493252
1958#622153
1957#1,36433
1956#2,09115
1955#1,79119
1954#2,11414
1953#3,4256
1952#3,7345
1951#3,7145
1950
1949#3,0197
1948#2,7888
1947#2,6719
1946#2,6908
1945#2,9966
1944#3,4305
1943#3,2316
1942#3,2126
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1933#3,6425
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1931#3,3906
1930#4,0015
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1922#4,3075
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1919#4,1685
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1915#3,3926
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Wayde! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1930, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Wayde is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedNHWashington: #371 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,245 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #245 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,523 boysMNIllinois: #460 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 8,311 boysILWisconsin: #253 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,962 boysWIMichigan: #396 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 8,039 boysMINew York: #484 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 10,051 boysNYMassachusetts: #328 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,404 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedSDIowa: #302 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,430 boysIAIndiana: #319 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,567 boysINOhio: #462 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 11,333 boysOHPennsylvania: #356 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 7,161 boysPANew Jersey: #319 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,111 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #475 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 7,485 boysCAUtah: #265 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,978 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedVAMaryland: #293 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,650 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #382 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,799 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Wayde, so not publishedHITexas: #919 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,528 boysTXFlorida: #521 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,949 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#245 · 1 in 3,523
  2. Wisconsin#253 · 1 in 3,962
  3. Utah#265 · 1 in 1,978
  4. Maryland#293 · 1 in 3,650
  5. Iowa#302 · 1 in 4,430

Best ever in a state: #181 in Hawaii, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#245121 in 3,523
Wisconsin#253121 in 3,962
Utah#26561 in 1,978
Maryland#29391 in 3,650
Iowa#30271 in 4,430
Indiana#319121 in 4,567
New Jersey#319121 in 5,111
Massachusetts#32861 in 9,404
Pennsylvania#356171 in 7,161
Washington#37161 in 5,245
Oklahoma#38251 in 4,799
Michigan#396121 in 8,039
Illinois#460141 in 8,311
Ohio#462101 in 11,333
California#475241 in 7,485
New York#484181 in 10,051
Florida#52161 in 8,949
Texas#91961 in 20,528
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Wayde
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 848 spots since 2024 (#3,524#2,676)
  • 249 spots since 2020 (#2,925#2,676)
  • 409 spots since 2015 (#3,085#2,676)
  • Biggest jump: 742 spots in 1958 (#1,364#622)
  • Biggest drop: 425 spots in 1961 (#672#1,097)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1959 at #493 (252 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1958–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,470
  • Highest: 1 in 8,470 boys born in 1959 were named Wayde (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,585 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Wayde (502) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,392 (1915)#3,780
1920s5#4,307 (1922)#4,307
1930s16#3,390 (1931)#3,678
1940s55#2,671 (1947)#3,005
1950s502#493 (1959)#2,150
1960s408#672 (1960)#1,394
1970s164#1,847 (1970)#2,557
1980s153#2,426 (1982)#3,121
1990s211#2,679 (1996)#3,276
2000s181#3,044 (2003)#5,029
2010s363#2,228 (2019)#3,214
2020s235#2,676 (2025)#3,126

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.

Wayde in 1959

boys
#493
252 births · 1 in 8,470 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #493Wayde252
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 8,470 of them was named Wayde, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wayde
  1. #490Duncan253
  2. #490Guadalupe253
  3. #490Ward253
  4. #493Wayde252
  5. #493Lamont252
  6. #493Mitchel252
  7. #496Cameron251
  8. #497Joesph249
  9. #498Sergio248

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

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 2,208Efrem#3,033#825
  2. 901Darin#1,677#776
  3. 871Yancy#1,557#686
  4. 708Raynard#1,677#969
  5. 644Darrin#1,396#752
Fallers
  1. 307Jace#761#1,068
  2. 241Otha#915#1,156
  3. 234Cheryl#994#1,228
  4. 230Dann#969#1,199
  5. 227Carnell#777#1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959