Meaning and history
This name comes from the weekday name Wednesday, which derives from Old English wodnesdæg meaning “Woden’s day.” It was also used for the Addams Family daughter in the 1964–1966 television series, based on an earlier unnamed character in Charles Addams’ cartoons, and was inspired by the nursery rhyme line “Wednesday’s child is full of woe.”
20062006: 20 births, rank #6,356
2007: 26 births, rank #5,377
2008: 37 births, rank #4,179
2009: 32 births, rank #4,571
2010: 28 births, rank #4,974
20112011: 32 births, rank #4,466
2012: 31 births, rank #4,601
2013: 48 births, rank #3,314
2014: 37 births, rank #4,003
2015: 61 births, rank #2,846
20162016: 51 births, rank #3,182
2017: 67 births, rank #2,597
2018: 64 births, rank #2,677
2019: 78 births, rank #2,305
2020: 76 births, rank #2,317
20212021: 113 births, rank #1,791
2022: 97 births, rank #2,006
2023: 154 births, rank #1,446
2024: 75 births, rank #2,413
20252025: 37 births, rank #3,903
In 2025, 37 babies were recorded with the name Wednesday, ranking #3,903 among girls.