Wakana

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Wakana has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 1991. 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 1991, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Wakana, 2011

1 in 732,000

Wakana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wakana: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Japanese

What Wakana means

Wakana is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Wakana is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 25 girls were recorded with the name Wakana between 1991 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1991; its best national rank was #15,390 in 1991.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Wakana?

Wakana had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 352,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,099 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wakana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 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 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wakana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wakanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wakana was born before 2000 — so the typical Wakana is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 40.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 25; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 40.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Wakana 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 1991 (5)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #15,390; 1991

Spellings of Wakana

Wakana is not the most common spelling — Alana is, with 46.6% against Wakana's 0.02%.

Alana46.6%68,264
Dayana10.6%15,598
Ayana8.3%12,091
Makena4.5%6,568
Tawana4.5%6,545
Savana3.7%5,436
Makala2.3%3,398
Lawana2.1%3,029

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Wakana by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #15,390; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 5 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 25
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wakana

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

Wakita Giyana Mohana Rohana Zolana Nalana Salana Vaiana Msgana Elvana Luhana Subhana Sihana Vyana Celiana Zeliana Evyana Mirana Aldana Mehana Isayana Myriana Mahana Wakina

Sibling names for Wakana

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

Shaniqua Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy

For a brother

Shay Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom

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