Wealthy

Last seen for girls in 1941 at #3,954

Peak · girls
1887 · 7 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
174
since 1887

Wealthy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Wealthy has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #937, 1887girls
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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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1941#3,9546
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1938#4,3425
1937#3,8006
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1935#4,2045
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1933#3,7536
1932#4,4115
1931#4,3315
1930#4,5505
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1926#4,8515
1925#3,3629
1924#3,3939
1923
1922#3,6558
1921#4,0237
1920#3,9577
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1918#3,02410
1917#4,5945
1916#2,49812
1915#4,2745
1914#2,8767
1913#3,1875
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1909#2,2085
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1907#1,6397
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1905#1,9315
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1898#1,3797
1897#1,5555
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1892#1,2786
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1887#9377
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Wealthy! It came in at #937, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wealthy
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1941
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1887 at #937 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,854
  • Highest: 1 in 20,854 girls born in 1887 were named Wealthy (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 201,353 girls born in 1941 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.9% of all girls named Wealthy (45) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#937 (1887)#937
1890s18#1,278 (1892)#1,404
1900s17#1,639 (1907)#1,926
1910s44#2,498 (1916)#3,409
1920s45#3,362 (1925)#3,874
1930s37#3,753 (1933)#4,199
1940s6#3,954 (1941)#3,954

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.

Wealthy in 1898

girls
#1,379
7 births · 1 in 36,967 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #1,379Wealthy7
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 36,967 of them was named Wealthy, which outranked 30.2% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wealthy
  1. #1,263Will8
  2. #1,263Zilla8
  3. #1,263Zilpha8
  4. #1,379Wealthy7
  5. #1,379Agness7
  6. #1,379Anastacia7
  7. #1,379Arabella7
  8. #1,502Abby6
  9. #1,502Agda6
  10. #1,502Alba6

Tied with 122 names at #1,379; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. 958Manila#1,263#305
  2. 889Ouida#1,555#666
  3. 858Ula#1,555#697
  4. 836Sofia#1,555#719
  5. 715Leonor#1,555#840
Fallers
  1. 833Vertie#867#1,700
  2. 821Fae#681#1,502
  3. 805Beda#895#1,700
  4. 805Nolia#895#1,700
  5. 769Azzie#931#1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898