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Boy · Old English
Wade
Say it: WAYD
Meaning
From an English surname, Old English wæd 'ford', or from the legendary figure Wada.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in the US since the 1800s.
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 71,754 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 1,300 boys
- 936 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.