Wave
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
#3314
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
40
girls 5 · boys 35
Peak year
2024
37 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
242
since 1897
Born a Wave? 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
Wave was most popular in 2024, when 37 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.02 per 1,000). In 2025, 35 babies were named Wave, ranking #3314 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 820%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | 35 | 3314 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15293 | 37 | 3216 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 25 | 4220 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | 15 | 5874 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 8 | 8825 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1927 | 6 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1924 | 8 | 3665 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | 4376 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 6 | 4445 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | 3666 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | 4398 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | 3817 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 11 | 2822 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 11 | 2693 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | 3552 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | 3795 | <5 | — |
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| 1900 | 6 | 1723 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 6 | 1394 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | 1385 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 48% · boys 52% across all years