Wade is a boy's name of English origin meaning “to go.” In 2024 it was given to 1,009 boys in the United States.
Wade belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “to go” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Wade first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #183 in 1966, and in 2024 1,009 babies received the name — 75,552 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Wade means “to go” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Wade is a boy name. In 2024, 1,009 babies received the name in the US.
Wade comes from the English & American tradition.
Wade first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #183 in 1966, and 1,009 babies were given the name in 2024.
Wade is pronounced /weɪd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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