Wednesday comes from the Old English tradition, meaning Day of Woden, Woden's day.
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How popular is Wednesday?
2023peak year
The name Wednesday reached its peak in 2023, with 153 registrations (ranked #1457). The name has actually been around since 1965 — over a century — though it took until recently to find its widest audience. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2381) today, averaging about 84 new babies per year. Wednesday has been trending upward in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 1,666 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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