How Many People Are Named Wava?
people named Wava are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 954,706 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,727 babies named Wava in Social Security records from 1892 to 1987, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
60 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wava in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wava alive today is about 78 years old, and 97% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wava first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1924, to 60 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1987.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 1987
🏆 Rank History
Wava has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #967, in 1905.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #967 (1905) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,076 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wava alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wava were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 9 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wava was given 6.9 times as often in Iowa, 6.4 times in Michigan and 6.1 times in Indiana.
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