Wayna

Girls' name

Young boy

Wayna has been given to 59 babies in the U.S. since 1921. 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 1964, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Wayna, 1977

1 in 635,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wayna: meaning, origin, and history

Young boy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wayna means

Wayna means “young boy”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Wayna is used in Quechua.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 59 girls were recorded with the name Wayna between 1921 and 1977. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1964; its best national rank was #4,346 in 1964.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Wayna?

Wayna had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1977, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1977: 1 in 635,000; 5 of 3,176,294 births
Among girls only: 1 in 307,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1977: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 440,329 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wayna 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 1977 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 440,329 children born in 1977 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wayna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Waynas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wayna was born before 1964 — so the typical Wayna is around 61 today.

Median birth year: 1964; About 61 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 35.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 62.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 44; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 35.6% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Wayna 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 1964 (11)
Years since peak: 61; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,346; 1964

Spellings of Wayna

Wayna is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 31.9% against Wayna's <0.01%.

Anna31.9%914,859
Kayla12.1%346,570
Wanda9.8%281,214
Dana6.7%193,555
Layla4.5%129,136
Maya4.3%123,587
Ana3.9%111,359
Lana2.0%57,434

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.

Wayna around the world

Where Wayna ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2010–2025
#5,939
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Wayna 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: #4,346; 1964
Peak year: 1964; 11 that year
First recorded: 1921
Last recorded: 1977
All-time count: 59
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wayna

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

Amyna Waylyn Iryna Waylen Waylin Zeyna Aryna Deyna Waylon Daryna Ayna Elyna Tryna Soyna Raiyna Evalyna Sukayna Rheyna Rhayna Gayna Yaryna Shyna Waycee Seryna

Sibling names for Wayna

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

Lanette Zina Kenneth Zena Twyla Jacquline Sarita Kandy

For a brother

Richie Kennedy Greggory Lyndon Berry Robby Chet Darron

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