Wade Boy
How popular is Wade?
#344 boy name in 2025
948 baby boys were named Wade in the US in 2025, making it the 344th most popular boy name.
Wade popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #344 for boys (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 948 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #519 in 2015, #340 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (1,423 boys) |
| Highest rank | #183 in 1966 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Wade counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Wade family of names ranked #335 for boys in 2025 (#325 the year before), with 996 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wade | 948 | 95% |
| Wayde | 48 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Wade is most popular
Babies named Wade per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 2.8 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Idaho: 1.9 per 1,000 (78 boys)
- Alaska: 1.6 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- West Virginia: 1.5 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Kansas: 1.4 per 1,000 (98 boys)
Wade by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 523 | #200 |
| 1890s | 530 | #211 |
| 1900s | 557 | #218 |
| 1910s | 2,331 | #261 |
| 1920s | 3,538 | #286 |
| 1930s | 3,094 | #300 |
| 1940s | 4,293 | #275 |
| 1950s | 8,531 | #221 |
| 1960s | 12,866 | #183 |
| 1970s | 10,425 | #189 |
| 1980s | 6,973 | #285 |
| 1990s | 5,987 | #323 |
| 2000s | 4,494 | #473 |
| 2010s | 6,506 | #335 |
| 2020s | 5,850 | #326 |
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Questions
- Is Wade a boy or girl name?
- Wade is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Wade were boys.
- How popular is the name Wade?
- 948 baby boys were named Wade in the US in 2025, making it the 344th most popular boy name.
- When was Wade most popular?
- Wade peaked in 1970, when 1,423 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #183 in 1966.
- How many people are named Wade?
- 76,666 babies have been named Wade in the US since 1880. We estimate about 58,006 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 46.
- Where is Wade most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wade was most common in Montana, at 2.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.