Wheeler
Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,809 · #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,916since 1880
Wheeler over time
Rank among boys' names. Wheeler has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,450 | 33 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,835 | 45 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,412 | 34 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,427 | 33 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,143 | 37 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,466 | 22 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,890 | 19 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,630 | 18 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,689 | 17 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,296 | 30 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,432 | 26 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,304 | 31 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,532 | 25 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #998 | 41 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #384 | 23 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wheeler was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wheeler is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#472 · 1 in 5,120
Best ever in a state: #371 in South Carolina, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #472 | 5 | 1 in 5,120 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Wheeler
- 615 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #3,450)
- 1,785 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #3,450)
- 1,440 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #3,450)
- Biggest jump: 484 spots in 1898 (#1,057 → #573)
- Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #384 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1882–1888
- Highest: 1 in 4,618 boys born in 1899 were named Wheeler (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.0% of all boys named Wheeler (287) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #505 (1880) | #677 |
| 1890s | 59 | #384 (1899) | #825 |
| 1900s | 75 | #679 (1909) | #890 |
| 1910s | 219 | #981 (1910) | #1,284 |
| 1920s | 287 | #1,139 (1920) | #1,391 |
| 1930s | 171 | #1,361 (1933) | #1,769 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,368 (1940) | #1,801 |
| 1950s | 133 | #1,701 (1950) | #2,328 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,279 (1962) | #3,126 |
| 1970s | 47 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,698 |
| 1980s | 30 | #4,973 (1984) | #5,882 |
| 1990s | 73 | #4,290 (1994) | #5,459 |
| 2000s | 104 | #4,922 (2009) | #7,398 |
| 2010s | 220 | #3,143 (2019) | #4,623 |
| 2020s | 200 | #2,835 (2024) | #3,589 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wheeler in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 27,291 of them was named Wheeler, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,119Talmage40
- #1,119Toshio40
- #1,119Winifred40
- #1,139Wheeler39
- #1,139Alma39
- #1,139Arlin39
- #1,139Chandler39
- #1,157Andre38
- #1,157Annie38
- #1,157Arland38
Tied with 17 names at #1,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.