Wilder
- #3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births
- #429 for boys in 2025, 743 births
- Given to boys 92.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 890 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,197since 1914
Wilder over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,517 | 43 | #429 | 743 |
| 2024 | #3,225 | 49 | #390 | 836 |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | #421 | 755 |
| 2022 | #2,142 | 89 | #374 | 867 |
| 2021 | #2,131 | 88 | #366 | 890 |
| 2020 | #2,416 | 72 | #426 | 695 |
| 2019 | #3,337 | 47 | #485 | 601 |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 | #527 | 540 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 | #572 | 477 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #726 | 338 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #958 | 215 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #1,313 | 134 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,340 | 127 |
| 2012 | — | #1,657 | 93 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,129 | 62 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #2,069 | 65 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #3,045 | 38 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #2,237 | 59 |
| 2007 | — | #2,304 | 56 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,979 | 37 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,452 | 45 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,443 | 26 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
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| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Wilder! It came in at #2,271, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1930, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Wilder is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Vermont#57 · 1 in 152
- South Dakota#127 · 1 in 384
- Maine#151 · 1 in 480
- Montana#173 · 1 in 538
- New Hampshire#188 · 1 in 643
Best ever in a state: #36 in Vermont, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #57 | 8 | 1 in 152 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| Maine | #151 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| Montana | #173 | 7 | 1 in 538 |
| New Hampshire | #188 | 7 | 1 in 643 |
| Minnesota | #199 | 33 | 1 in 742 |
| Iowa | #206 | 19 | 1 in 728 |
| Tennessee | #222 | 40 | 1 in 919 |
| Oklahoma | #232 | 20 | 1 in 884 |
| Arkansas | #247 | 14 | 1 in 899 |
| Kentucky | #253 | 21 | 1 in 978 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Idaho | #256 | 10 | 1 in 863 |
| Alabama | #260 | 21 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Washington | #321 | 23 | 1 in 1,426 |
| Kansas | #324 | 11 | 1 in 1,277 |
| South Carolina | #327 | 16 | 1 in 1,325 |
| Missouri | #336 | 19 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Indiana | #338 | 22 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Massachusetts | #347 | 15 | 1 in 1,801 |
| Georgia | #350 | 34 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Oregon | #351 | 11 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Michigan | #363 | 24 | 1 in 1,675 |
| Colorado | #366 | 17 | 1 in 1,579 |
| North Carolina | #372 | 30 | 1 in 1,716 |
| Wisconsin | #374 | 14 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Virginia | #408 | 19 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Utah | #441 | 10 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Florida | #458 | 40 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Mississippi | #471 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Pennsylvania | #546 | 17 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| California | #582 | 51 | 1 in 3,441 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Ohio | #595 | 16 | 1 in 3,283 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Arizona | #672 | 9 | 1 in 3,636 |
| New York | #745 | 19 | 1 in 4,443 |
| Texas | #778 | 35 | 1 in 5,001 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Wilder
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3 spots since 2020 (#426 → #429)
- 529 spots since 2015 (#958 → #429)
- Biggest jump: 355 spots in 2015
- Biggest drop: 47 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
107 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2021 at #366 (890 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,966
- Highest: 1 in 1,966 boys born in 2021 were named Wilder (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,299 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 58.4% of all boys named Wilder (4,786) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #2,271 (1914) | #3,039 |
| 1920s | 72 | #2,502 (1921) | #3,447 |
| 1930s | 26 | #2,197 (1937) | #2,680 |
| 1940s | 15 | #2,690 (1946) | #2,815 |
| 1950s | 16 | #3,364 (1951) | #3,593 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,935 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 51 | #4,017 (1989) | #5,298 |
| 1990s | 155 | #3,246 (1993) | #4,161 |
| 2000s | 366 | #2,237 (2008) | #3,021 |
| 2010s | 2,652 | #485 (2019) | #1,178 |
| 2020s | 4,786 | #366 (2021) | #401 |
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.
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