Is Wade a boy or girl name?
Wade is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 1,009 boys were named Wade, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.2% of the 75,720 US babies named Wade were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #341
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Wade since 1880
- 75,720
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 1,430 babies
Boys and girls named Wade, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 523 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 530 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 557 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 2,331 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 1920s | 3,538 | 29 | 0.8% |
| 1930s | 3,096 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 4,293 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 8,534 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 1960s | 12,865 | 31 | 0.2% |
| 1970s | 10,428 | 57 | 0.5% |
| 1980s | 6,973 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 1990s | 5,987 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 4,494 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 2010s | 6,503 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 4,900 | 5 | 0.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,009 | #341 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 977 | #341 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 952 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1,018 | #326 | 5 | #17,514 |
| 2020 | 944 | #341 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 999 | #335 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 916 | #361 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 902 | #367 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 791 | #405 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 554 | #522 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 508 | #544 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 486 | #549 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 470 | #555 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 462 | #552 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 415 | #599 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 402 | #620 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 426 | #592 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 486 | #529 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 454 | #555 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 486 | #507 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 463 | #519 | 7 | #14,110 |
| 2003 | 403 | #558 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 414 | #539 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 464 | #495 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 496 | #474 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 494 | #462 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 507 | #447 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 554 | #419 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 593 | #399 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 527 | #435 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 553 | #416 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 592 | #388 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 686 | #349 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 703 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 778 | #323 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 776 | #308 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 777 | #296 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 731 | #293 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 727 | #287 | 6 | #10,871 |
| 1985 | 650 | #314 | 6 | #10,650 |
| 1984 | 666 | #299 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 601 | #319 | 6 | #10,248 |
| 1982 | 663 | #300 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 647 | #300 | 5 | #12,148 |
| 1980 | 735 | #285 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 765 | #269 | 5 | #11,927 |
| 1978 | 776 | #262 | 7 | #8,540 |
| 1977 | 889 | #236 | 6 | #9,625 |
| 1976 | 1,009 | #210 | 5 | #10,873 |
| 1975 | 1,126 | #198 | 5 | #10,583 |
| 1974 | 1,119 | #197 | 5 | #10,219 |
| 1973 | 1,110 | #198 | 5 | #9,772 |
| 1972 | 1,054 | #210 | 6 | #8,263 |
| 1971 | 1,157 | #206 | 6 | #8,295 |
| 1970 | 1,423 | #189 | 7 | #7,057 |
| 1969 | 1,364 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 1,125 | #208 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 1,244 | #192 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 1,359 | #183 | 5 | #7,594 |
| 1965 | 1,300 | #194 | 6 | #6,520 |
| 1964 | 1,376 | #202 | 5 | #7,794 |
| 1963 | 1,407 | #206 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 1,204 | #222 | 10 | #4,526 |
| 1961 | 1,246 | #221 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 1,240 | #224 | 5 | #7,299 |
| 1959 | 1,230 | #221 | 5 | #7,176 |
| 1958 | 1,149 | #228 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 1,140 | #225 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 1,079 | #224 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 836 | #242 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 755 | #255 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 664 | #270 | 6 | #5,654 |
| 1952 | 599 | #284 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 553 | #293 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 529 | #297 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 473 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 486 | #309 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 490 | #314 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 475 | #297 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 381 | #306 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 411 | #294 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 400 | #310 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 371 | #318 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 395 | #293 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 411 | #275 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 347 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 306 | #314 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 310 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 300 | #308 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 329 | #301 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 306 | #311 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 295 | #314 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 305 | #313 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 300 | #314 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 298 | #319 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 310 | #313 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 355 | #298 | 5 | #5,404 |
| 1927 | 377 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 343 | #306 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 333 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 385 | #293 | 6 | #5,034 |
| 1923 | 337 | #312 | 6 | #4,947 |
| 1922 | 347 | #306 | 5 | #5,761 |
| 1921 | 383 | #287 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 368 | #294 | 7 | #4,383 |
| 1919 | 333 | #296 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 324 | #311 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 317 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 328 | #285 | 5 | #5,139 |
| 1915 | 266 | #321 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 250 | #281 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 179 | #298 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 181 | #261 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 78 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 75 | #281 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 69 | #267 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 37 | #388 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 69 | #253 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 57 | #262 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 64 | #245 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 57 | #256 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 46 | #277 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 40 | #307 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 62 | #222 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 56 | #276 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 62 | #212 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 63 | #222 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 53 | #242 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 63 | #229 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 39 | #288 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 54 | #236 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 53 | #238 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 54 | #243 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 38 | #264 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 51 | #235 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 42 | #259 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 50 | #250 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 39 | #260 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 61 | #218 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 54 | #225 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 51 | #239 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 54 | #204 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 64 | #202 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 52 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 56 | #215 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Wade reached #183 in 1966. As a girl name, it reached #4,383 in 1920. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.