NameTides

Waverly

Waverly was the #1,027 girls' name in the US in 2025 (244 babies), and #2,282 in Canada.

Waverly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Waverly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Waverly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,027 (244)—#2,282 (9)
2024#904 (293)—#1,541 (15)
2023#881 (305)#5,688 (3)#1,491 (15)
2022#753 (384)#5,670 (3)#1,854 (11)
2021#746 (381)#4,634 (4)#1,110 (23)
2020#736 (372)#2,449 (10)#1,153 (21)
2019#810 (337)#4,686 (4)#2,025 (10)
2018#982 (269)#5,666 (3)#1,376 (17)
2017#1,016 (255)—#1,673 (13)
2016#1,125 (225)—#1,906 (11)
2015#1,731 (121)—#3,286 (5)
2014#1,617 (133)——
2013#1,849 (109)—#2,376 (8)
2012#2,426 (76)——
2011#2,589 (69)——

Waverly as a boy’s name

  • US
Waverly as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Waverly as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2024#12,349 (5)
2021#10,799 (6)
2020#12,022 (5)
2019#10,803 (6)
2018#12,156 (5)
2017#8,140 (9)
2016#12,185 (5)
2015#10,644 (6)
2013#12,136 (5)
2011#9,600 (7)
2010#12,231 (5)
2008#12,553 (5)
2003#9,581 (6)
2001#8,339 (7)
2000#9,112 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #753.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Waverly is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,400 to 1 in 8,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Waverly by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #825FL
Waverly (girls) 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#1,2848

Waverly (girls): 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
WaverlyCanadaGirls#2,2829
WaverlyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
WaverlyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WaverlyUSGirls#1,027244
WaverlyUSBoys—too few