Warnie
Shane Keith Warne was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batter for Victoria, Hampshire, the Melbourne Stars and Australia.
Meaning & Origin of Warnie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shane Keith Warne was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batter for Victoria, Hampshire, the Melbourne Stars and Australia.
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The Story of Warnie
The earliest SSA record of Warnie as a baby boy name dates back to 1916, when 12 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Warnie — #2,259 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Warnies. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1956 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 141 Warnies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Warnie
Warnie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 141 births in the dataset. Warnie's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,259. Use the chart and map above to compare Warnie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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