How Many People Are Named Waverly?
people named Waverly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,426 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,550 babies named Waverly in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
387 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Waverly, 83.6% were girls and 16.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Waverly rose from 6.5% in the 1910s to 99.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Waverly alive today is about 18 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Waverly first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2021, to 387 babies. In 2025, 244 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Waverly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #736, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #1,028. Among boys, its best rank was #734, in 1900.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,028 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #736 (2020) | #734 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #827 in the 2020s | #1,310 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Waverly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Waverly were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 417 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Waverly was given 9.2 times as often in Virginia, 2.3 times in Mississippi and 2.3 times in North Carolina.
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