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Waunita

Recorded 1904–1971 · United States

Waunita was most popular in 1924, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,485 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 865 people named Waunita.

Most popular in1924
Rank that year#2,485
Births that year35
Total since 1880865
Given to100% girls
Alive today~190
Median age80

Waunita over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Waunita’s peak in 1924. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Waunita?

Waunita first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1904, which makes it about 121 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 122 years since. It was last recorded in 1971.

How many people are named Waunita?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 865 American births named Waunita between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 190 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Waunita in 2025?

Waunita was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Waunita a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Waunita is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 865 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Waunita?

Roughly 190 Americans named Waunita are alive today — 22% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 80 years old, and half are between 71 and 86.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org