Wednesday
Wednesday was the 3970th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1453rd with 154 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,084 places. More babies were named Wednesday in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,970 girls, down 1,630 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 37girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023154 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,704babies recorded
Wednesday popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,970 | 37 |
| 2020 | #2,340 | 76 |
| 2010 | #5,099 | 28 |
| 2000 | #8,018 | 13 |
| 1990 | #9,226 | 9 |
| 1980 | #6,307 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,108 | 22 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Wednesday, counting every spelling?
Wednesday has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Wednesday?
37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wednesday (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Wednesday 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 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wednesday.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wednesday?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Wednesday are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 29. That makes Wednesday a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Wednesday by state
How common Wednesday was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wednesday: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wednesday, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Wednesday
How popular is the name Wednesday?
Wednesday was the 3970th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1453rd with 154 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,084 places. More babies were named Wednesday in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Wednesday a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Wednesday in the US.
Where is Wednesday most popular?
In 2021–2025, Wednesday was most common in Kansas (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Michigan and Arizona.