Wednesday
Wednesday is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 75 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 750.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2023153 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1965
- 1,666people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,666 girls have been named Wednesday in the United States since 1965, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 153 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2020s alone account for 31%.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Wednesday was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Wednesday
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Romypeak 2024
- Catalinapeak 2024
- Sidrapeak 2024
- Athenapeak 2022
- Julietapeak 2024
- Vanyapeak 2020
- Zinniapeak 2023
- Veritypeak 2020
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.