How many Waves are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Wave are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Wave in 2025?

Wave ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Wave?

About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Wave — 35 in all.

Will my child share the name Wave with classmates?

Wave will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Wave

Masculine

Wave is given to both — 126 boys and 116 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

#3314 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare35 boys in 2025

Wave entered the US charts in 2020, peaked at #3216 in 2024, ranks #3314 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Wave?

Wave first appears in US birth records in 2020 — 5 years ago. Wave is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Waves are still in diapers. About 100 people named Wave are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Wave most popular?

Wave peaked in 2024, reaching #3216 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 98 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

First recorded: 2020
Most boys named: 202437 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3216reached in 2024
Change vs 2024: −5.4%35 in 2025, from 37

Wave sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 37 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Wave in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York.

Waves among us

100

people named Wave are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Wave

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Timon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Wave's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Timon climbed just as high around 1985, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Timon's path sketches the road Wave is walking now.

40%chance Wave will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Wave today is about where Timon stood in 1986 — 1 year past a #3216-sized peak. By 2001, Timon had settled around #6890.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Wave sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Wave is headed

Wave is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 126% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+126% by 2030projected around #2,036 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Wave beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Wave in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Wavethis name35#3314Rainier35#3314Coulter35#3314Caio35#3314Kaydon35#3314

US boys given each name in 2025.

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How many Waves are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Wave are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Wave in 2025?: Wave ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Wave?: About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Wave — 35 in all.
Will my child share the name Wave with classmates?: Wave will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Rainier^#3314 · Coulter^#3314 · Caio^#3314 · Kaydon^#3314 · Daksh^#3314 · Kree^#3314 · Calen^#3314 · Mathis^#3314

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