Wava

Girl · recorded 1892–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1892

0285518921916194019631987

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 74 recorded years as a table
Wava, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189224
189328
189431
189547
189629
189726
189827
190037
190138
190223
190319
190422
190555
190630
190728
190839
190940
191025
191136
191236
191342
191447
191537
191647
191746
191835
191943
192032
192132
192242
192341
192448
192545
192646
192734
192849
192945
193048
193141
193244
193339
193434
193523
193636
193727
193821
193922
194026
194130
194219
194316
194415
19455
194615
194714
194812
19498
195010
19518
195210
19536
19549
19556
19565
19574
19586
19593
19604
19613
19624
19633
19653
19793
19874

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wava isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1987
7
Rank in 1987
#8,778
How rare
1 in 248,376 girls
Since 1892
1,727

Wava was last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 55 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Wava doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.