The name Wade is of English origin, and means to cross a river.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wade has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Wade
Use of the Name Wade for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
61,783
43,843
15,162
4,895
2,222
853
454
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wade has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Wade
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
215
56
1881
214
52
1882
202
64
1883
204
54
1884
239
51
1885
225
54
1886
218
61
1887
260
39
1888
250
50
1889
259
42
1890
235
51
1891
264
38
1892
243
54
1893
238
53
1894
236
54
1895
288
39
1896
229
63
1897
242
53
1898
222
63
1899
212
62
1900
278
56
1901
222
62
1902
307
40
1903
277
46
1904
256
57
1905
245
64
1906
262
57
1907
255
68
1908
381
38
1909
267
69
1910
281
75
1911
302
78
1912
261
180
1913
299
178
1914
281
249
1915
321
266
1916
283
330
1917
296
316
1918
310
327
1919
298
333
1920
295
366
1921
287
381
1922
306
351
1923
309
339
1924
293
383
1925
313
331
1926
305
344
1927
295
376
1928
298
354
1929
316
306
1930
319
298
1931
313
301
1932
315
303
1933
313
294
1934
311
305
1935
299
331
1936
309
299
1937
303
313
1938
316
304
1939
303
346
1940
275
414
1941
295
389
1942
318
376
1943
310
395
1944
291
414
1945
306
374
1946
299
465
1947
312
491
1948
307
490
1949
312
468
1950
295
531
1951
291
555
1952
283
596
1953
270
663
1954
256
752
1955
242
838
1956
224
1,070
1957
225
1,141
1958
228
1,150
1959
221
1,228
1960
223
1,243
1961
222
1,237
1962
222
1,211
1963
206
1,404
1964
202
1,378
1965
195
1,297
1966
183
1,361
1967
192
1,242
1968
208
1,121
1969
193
1,363
1970
189
1,416
1971
206
1,151
1972
211
1,054
1973
199
1,105
1974
197
1,117
1975
197
1,127
1976
210
1,004
1977
236
888
1978
262
774
1979
269
761
1980
285
728
1981
300
646
1982
300
663
1983
318
600
1984
300
662
1985
314
649
1986
288
726
1987
293
731
1988
296
775
1989
306
778
1990
322
779
1991
345
699
1992
347
686
1993
387
591
1994
412
554
1995
435
527
1996
398
592
1997
419
554
1998
448
506
1999
461
494
2000
474
495
2001
495
462
2002
540
412
2003
557
399
2004
522
454
Totals:
61,783
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Wade as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.