Wednesday
Wednesday is a usually feminine given name, taken from the day of the week. It came into greater use after Charles Addams chose the name for Wednesday Addams on the 1964 television sitcom The Addams Family, which was based on the cartoons he originally published in The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1938.
Meaning & Origin of Wednesday
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wednesday is a usually feminine given name, taken from the day of the week. It came into greater use after Charles Addams chose the name for Wednesday Addams on the 1964 television sitcom The Addams Family, which was based on the cartoons he originally published in The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1938.
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The Story of Wednesday
Wednesday first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1965, with 15 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 153 Wednesdays were born — ranking #1,451 that year. As of 2026, Wednesday ranks #1,940 for baby girls with 103 births, rising sharply (+33% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Wednesdays have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Wednesday
Wednesday is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Wednesday's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #1,451. Use the chart and map above to compare Wednesday'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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