Waverly

girls’ name · 69%boys’ name · 31%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Waverly is ranked 916th among girls in 2024 (289 births). Its best rank was 738th, in 2020.

Rank in 2024: #916down 34 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2890.02% of girls
Peak year: 2022384 births
Best rank: #738in 2020
Since 1914: 6,296people given the name

Babies named Waverly, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

4,314 girls have been named Waverly in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 384 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 40%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Waverly is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are boys (1,982), most of them born around 1951.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Waverly
1910s	12
1920s	20
1930s	38
1940s	51
1950s	66
1960s	50
1970s	41
1980s	22
1990s	244
2000s	390
2010s	1,650
2020s	1,730

In 2022, its biggest year

Waverly was the 753rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Waverly

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.