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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Wayde

Wayde was the 2714th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 495th with 252 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 430 places. More babies were named Wayde in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,714 boys, up 262 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
48boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1959252 babies
Total since 1880
2,304babies recorded

Wayde popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#2,71448
2020#2,97640
2010#3,70429
2000#5,03215
1990#3,16120
1980#3,42713
1970#1,88823
1960#675135
1950——
1940——
1930#4,5265
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Wayde, counting every spelling?

Wayde has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Wayde?

48 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wayde (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Wayde born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 175 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wayde.

Chance of another Wayde in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Wayde?

About 2,000 people born in the US named Wayde are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 13 and 65. That makes Wayde mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Wayde by state

How common Wayde was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Wayde, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Wayde: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wayde, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Wayde

How popular is the name Wayde?

Wayde was the 2714th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 495th with 252 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 430 places. More babies were named Wayde in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Wayde a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Wayde in the US.

Where is Wayde most popular?

In 2021–2025, Wayde was most common in Ohio (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.