Male name

Wade

927 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2017. Expression number: 6.

Origin

From Old English wæd (“a ford”).

From Wiktionary, entry “Wade”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

490200020102020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 2017: 49 births. 927 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 119 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

1,423018801900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 1970: 1,430 births. 76,666 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1950s to the 2020s. It is still given: 4,911 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

W5A1D4E5

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

6

responsibility, harmony, commitment to others

5 + 1 + 4 + 5 = 15 → 6

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

6

responsibility, harmony, commitment to others

1 + 5 = 6

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

9

humanity, generosity, completion

5 + 4 = 9

Digits missing from the name
2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
Most frequent digit
5 · freedom, change, movement
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.