# Waverly (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/waverly/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,550 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,987 / 4,563 (70% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 2,612 |
| 2012 | 76 | 2,447 |
| 2013 | 109 | 1,865 |
| 2014 | 133 | 1,623 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,741 |
| 2016 | 225 | 1,131 |
| 2017 | 255 | 1,019 |
| 2018 | 269 | 984 |
| 2019 | 337 | 811 |
| 2020 | 372 | 736 |
| 2021 | 381 | 749 |
| 2022 | 384 | 753 |
| 2023 | 305 | 882 |
| 2024 | 293 | 906 |
| 2025 | 244 | 1,028 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 10,300 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9,196 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,838 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,511 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14,151 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,724 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,962 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12,016 |
| 2016 | 5 | 14,087 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,985 |
| 2019 | 6 | 12,057 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,941 |
| 2021 | 6 | 12,062 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,155 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Waverly

- King Gordy, American rapper

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.