Wadsworth

Boys' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Wadsworth has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Wadsworth, 1944

1 in 538,000

Wadsworth over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wadsworth: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Wadsworth means

Wadsworth is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the Old English personal name Wæddi + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Wadsworth is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Wadsworth is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Wadsworth is pronounced /ˈwɒdzwə(ɹ)θ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 boys were recorded with the name Wadsworth between 1913 and 1944. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1921; its best national rank was #2,795 in 1913.

How common is Wadsworth?

Wadsworth had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1944, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1944: 1 in 538,000; 5 of 2,689,998 births
Among boys only: 1 in 273,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1944: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 372,914 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wadsworth sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1944 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 372,914 children born in 1944 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wadsworth. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wadsworths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wadsworth was born before 1920 — so the typical Wadsworth is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 48.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 51.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 48.7% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Wadsworth rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (9)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,795; 1913

Wadsworth by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,795; 1913
Peak year: 1921; 9 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 1944
All-time count: 76
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wadsworth

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Wadsworth

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

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