Wade
Wade is ranked 341st among boys in 2024 (1,009 births). Its best rank was 183rd, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- #341same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0090.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 19701,423 births
- Best rank
- #183in 1966
- Since 1880
- 75,552people given the name
The story in the numbers
75,552 boys have been named Wade in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 1,423 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wade | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 523 | |
| 1890s | 530 | |
| 1900s | 557 | |
| 1910s | 2,331 | |
| 1920s | 3,538 | |
| 1930s | 3,096 | |
| 1940s | 4,293 | |
| 1950s | 8,534 | |
| 1960s | 12,865 | |
| 1970s | 10,428 | |
| 1980s | 6,973 | |
| 1990s | 5,987 | |
| 2000s | 4,494 | |
| 2010s | 6,503 | |
| 2020s | 4,900 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Wade was the 189th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Wade
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Byronpeak 1964
- Claypeak 1960
- Vancepeak 1969
- Peterpeak 1957
- Wesleypeak 2024
- Jaypeak 1960
- Hanspeak 1970
- Sheltonpeak 1972
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.