Wai
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1977
15 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
262
since 1970
Born a Wai? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Wai was most popular in 1977, when 15 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Wai in 2025. Not recorded since 1999.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 10193 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 10 | 4811 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 6 | 9825 | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 13 | 3440 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 6 | 5785 |
| 1984 | 10 | 6291 | 13 | 3270 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7312 | 11 | 3630 |
| 1982 | 13 | 5209 | 13 | 3282 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 7 | 7567 | 15 | 2791 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6048 | 13 | 2946 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 5 | 4724 |
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Recorded as girls 34% · boys 66% across all years