Wave
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Wave is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ocean wave”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Wave mean?
English: English word name
“ocean wave”
A nature word name taken from the English word for a moving ridge of water on the sea.
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Is Wave a girl's or a boy's name?
Wave is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 35 boys in the US.
How popular is Wave in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Wave, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 2020. 5 girls were also named Wave in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Wave in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wave in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
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