Wednesday
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WENZ-day
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Wednesday is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “Woden's day”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Wednesday mean?
Old English: from the day name, Old English Wodnesdaeg
“Woden's day”
Wednesday Addams is the deadpan daughter of the Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams.
Is Wednesday a girl's or a boy's name?
Wednesday is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wednesday in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Wednesday, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Wednesday than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Wednesday in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Wednesday in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Wednesday in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Wednesday, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 154 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had fewer girls named Wednesday than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Wednesday in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wednesday in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,413 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,446 |
| 2022 | 97 | #2,006 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,317 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,676 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
Names like Wednesday
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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More Old English names
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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, “Wednesday: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wednesday, updated 20 October 2026.