Wayde

Boy · WAYD · English

Wayde is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ford, river crossing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).

What does Wayde mean?

English: spelling of Wade, an English surname

“ford, river crossing”

A spelling of Wade, an English surname for someone who lived by a ford.

Say it: WAYD

Is Wayde a girl's or a boy's name?

Wayde is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Wayde in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Wayde in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 6 in 20122021

Wayde in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2021	1	#6,364
2020	3	#4,803
2019	4	#4,126
2018	3	#4,959
2017	3	#4,995
2016	0	–
2015	4	#4,086
2014	3	#4,829
2013	5	#3,466
2012	6	#3,167
2011	3	#4,837
2010	4	#4,026
2009	0	–
2008	5	#3,305
2007	1	#5,736
2006	0	–
2005	3	#3,992
2004	3	#3,792
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	1	#4,138
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	4	#2,531
1997	5	#2,109

How popular is Wayde in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,676among boys
Babies in 2025: 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Wayde, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 252 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

2025 had more boys named Wayde than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Wayde in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 996 boys in the US were given Wayde or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #2,676 for this spelling alone.

Wade 948
Wayde 48

1915Busiest: 252 in 19592025

Wayde in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	48	#2,676
2024	32	#3,522
2023	28	#3,880
2022	45	#2,828
2021	42	#2,917
2020	40	#2,924
2019	62	#2,227
2018	34	#3,298
2017	38	#3,070
2016	37	#3,110
2015	37	#3,084
2014	37	#3,036
2013	26	#3,862
2012	33	#3,294
2011	30	#3,509
2010	29	#3,632
2009	22	#4,427
2008	26	#3,918
2007	12	#6,618
2006	17	#5,068
2005	19	#4,459
2004	10	#6,970
2003	31	#3,040
2002	20	#4,038
2001	9	#6,928
2000	15	#4,779
1999	24	#3,275
1998	20	#3,593
1997	21	#3,346
1996	28	#2,674
1995	18	#3,553
1994	26	#2,761
1993	17	#3,655
1992	22	#2,993
1991	15	#3,806
1990	20	#3,052
1989	20	#2,983
1988	19	#2,855
1987	12	#3,726
1986	14	#3,265
1985	12	#3,596
1984	13	#3,268
1983	15	#2,911
1982	20	#2,425
1981	15	#2,896
1980	13	#3,255
1979	17	#2,668
1978	13	#3,069
1977	10	#3,604
1976	13	#2,945
1975	17	#2,448
1974	19	#2,197
1973	17	#2,309
1972	15	#2,418
1971	20	#2,051
1970	23	#1,846
1969	28	#1,526
1968	18	#1,893
1967	26	#1,506
1966	31	#1,372
1965	19	#1,805
1964	31	#1,407
1963	32	#1,374
1962	37	#1,278
1961	51	#1,096
1960	135	#671
1959	252	#493
1958	153	#621
1957	33	#1,363
1956	15	#2,090
1955	19	#1,790
1954	14	#2,113
1953	6	#3,423
1952	5	#3,731
1951	5	#3,712
1950	0	–
1949	7	#3,018
1948	8	#2,787
1947	9	#2,670
1946	8	#2,689
1945	6	#2,995
1944	5	#3,428
1943	6	#3,229
1942	6	#3,211
1941	0	–
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	0	–
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	5	#3,640
1932	0	–
1931	6	#3,389
1930	5	#3,999
1929	0	–
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	0	–
1924	0	–
1923	0	–
1922	5	#4,305
1921	0	–
1920	0	–
1919	5	#4,167
1918	0	–
1917	0	–
1916	0	–
1915	6	#3,391

Names like Wayde

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Wayde

Wade

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