Waverly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WAY-ver-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,027 for girls
Waverly is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,027th for girls in the US (244 babies).
What does Waverly mean?
English: from Waverley, a place name in Surrey
Popularised by Sir Walter Scott's 1814 novel Waverley, whose hero's surname comes from a place in Surrey.
Is Waverly a girl's or a boy's name?
Waverly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 244 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waverly in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 girls.
Waverly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
How popular is Waverly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,027among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 244about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 244 girls in the US were named Waverly, making it the 1,027th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 736th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 384 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Waverly than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Waverly in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 264 girls in the US were given Waverly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #1,027 for this spelling alone.
In 1919, 18% of the babies named Waverly in the US were girls. By 2024 it was 98%, with more girls than boys since 1994.
Waverly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 244 | #1,027 |
| 2024 | 293 | #904 |
| 2023 | 305 | #881 |
| 2022 | 384 | #753 |
| 2021 | 381 | #746 |
| 2020 | 372 | #736 |
| 2019 | 337 | #810 |
| 2018 | 269 | #982 |
| 2017 | 255 | #1,016 |
| 2016 | 225 | #1,125 |
| 2015 | 121 | #1,731 |
| 2014 | 133 | #1,617 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,009 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,751 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Waverly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow Ivy Lily Everly Harper Felicity Poppy Avery Delilah Scarlett Freya Mila
Other spellings of Waverly
Names related to Waverly
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Daisy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Waverly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waverly, updated 20 October 2026.