NameTides

Wade

Wade was the #344 boys' name in the US in 2025 (948 babies), and #1,276 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Wade as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Wade as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Wade as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaNSW
2025#344 (948)#1,276 (22)—#799 (33)—
2024#341 (1,010)#1,282 (21)—#668 (40)—
2023#341 (977)#1,139 (25)—#545 (50)—
2022#344 (953)#1,143 (24)—#544 (50)—
2021#326 (1,018)#1,055 (27)—#574 (49)—
2020#340 (944)#781 (40)—#595 (43)—
2019#335 (999)#707 (47)—#557 (49)—
2018#361 (917)#763 (43)#704 (3)#504 (55)—
2017#367 (902)#709 (49)#733 (3)#537 (51)—
2016#406 (791)#758 (44)—#458 (64)—
2015#519 (555)#1,442 (17)—#715 (35)—
2014#543 (509)#988 (29)—#673 (38)—
2013#546 (486)#954 (30)—#695 (35)—
2012#554 (470)#1,051 (26)—#733 (32)—
2011#551 (462)#1,124 (23)—#712 (33)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1970 at #189.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wade is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wade by state, 2025Alaska: #85AKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #200WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #246WAIdaho: #113IDMontana: #96MTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: #433ILMichigan: #312MINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #312ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #232IAIndiana: #308INOhio: #269OHPennsylvania: #371PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #558CAUtah: #178UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #228NEMissouri: #203MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #235KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #198NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #266LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #375GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #430TXFlorida: #356FL
Wade (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#67617

Wade (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WadeCanadaBoys#79933
WadeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
WadeEngland & WalesBoys#1,27622
WadeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WadeNSWBoys—too few
WadeScotlandBoys—too few
WadeUSGirls—too few
WadeUSBoys#344948