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How popular is the name Wade?
Births per year, rank history and how many Wades are alive today.
Wade (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1276th in 2025 and given to 22 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 49 babies were given the name, the 709th most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 45% of its peak.
The Wade you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old - or else around 20: the name has two living generations. Half of all Wades born in England and Wales are between 9 and 29, and there are at least 1,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Wade - on average, only one in every 276 such rooms contains a Wade.
How many babies are named Wade each year?
Where does Wade rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Wade most popular?
Wade peaked in 2017, when 49 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Wade?
At least 1,100 people named Wade born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Wade?
Most living Wades are between 9 and 29; the most common age is about 8. There is a second cluster around 20.
Is Wade becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.