Wiley
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #1,222 for boys in 2025, 165 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 92 births
- Debut · boys
- 78 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,400since 1880
Wiley over time
Rank among boys' names. Wiley has never cracked the top 100 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 | #5,410 | 23 | #1,222 | 165 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #1,155 | 181 |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 | #1,134 | 186 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #1,155 | 179 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | #1,076 | 197 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #1,160 | 166 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #1,214 | 157 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #1,443 | 121 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #1,421 | 122 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #1,389 | 126 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #1,307 | 135 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #1,402 | 120 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #1,420 | 117 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #1,462 | 111 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #1,703 | 87 |
| 2010 | — | #1,552 | 103 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,604 | 99 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,603 | 98 |
| 2007 | — | #1,861 | 77 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,501 | 101 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #1,584 | 87 |
| 2004 | — | #1,701 | 75 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,630 | 77 |
| 2002 | — | #1,744 | 66 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,995 | 48 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,768 | 57 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,773 | 54 |
| 1996 | — | #1,690 | 56 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,887 | 45 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,868 | 45 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,680 | 52 |
| 1992 | — | #1,677 | 51 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,396 | 66 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,452 | 60 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,476 | 56 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,427 | 54 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,181 | 63 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,280 | 52 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,140 | 64 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,259 | 53 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,133 | 64 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,154 | 61 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,186 | 56 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,079 | 64 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,019 | 66 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,208 | 49 | |
| 1974 | — | #993 | 68 | |
| 1973 | — | #978 | 68 | |
| 1972 | — | #905 | 78 | |
| 1971 | — | #828 | 95 | |
| 1970 | — | #826 | 95 | |
| 1969 | — | #804 | 92 | |
| 1968 | — | #765 | 94 | |
| 1967 | — | #690 | 116 | |
| 1966 | — | #703 | 111 | |
| 1965 | — | #663 | 125 | |
| 1964 | — | #711 | 118 | |
| 1963 | — | #692 | 125 | |
| 1962 | — | #728 | 111 | |
| 1961 | — | #699 | 119 | |
| 1960 | — | #671 | 136 | |
| 1959 | — | #616 | 158 | |
| 1958 | — | #670 | 128 | |
| 1957 | — | #594 | 168 | |
| 1956 | — | #566 | 180 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #564 | 171 |
| 1954 | — | #573 | 166 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #507 | 191 |
| 1952 | — | #505 | 191 | |
| 1951 | — | #514 | 176 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #464 | 206 |
| 1949 | — | #462 | 205 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #416 | 260 |
| 1947 | — | #442 | 229 | |
| 1946 | — | #469 | 186 | |
| 1945 | — | #429 | 193 | |
| 1944 | — | #390 | 240 | |
| 1943 | — | #410 | 225 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #426 | 206 |
| 1941 | — | #386 | 222 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #391 | 213 |
| 1939 | — | #391 | 208 | |
| 1938 | — | #363 | 235 | |
| 1937 | — | #362 | 223 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #341 | 256 |
| 1935 | — | #324 | 286 | |
| 1934 | — | #364 | 224 | |
| 1933 | — | #368 | 216 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #364 | 233 |
| 1931 | — | #372 | 227 | |
| 1930 | — | #395 | 212 | |
| 1929 | — | #378 | 230 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #354 | 263 |
| 1927 | — | #368 | 253 | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #365 | 258 |
| 1925 | — | #381 | 245 | |
| 1924 | — | #393 | 238 | |
| 1923 | — | #346 | 290 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #354 | 277 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #338 | 304 |
| 1920 | — | #369 | 263 | |
| 1919 | — | #379 | 234 | |
| 1918 | — | #385 | 240 | |
| 1917 | — | #350 | 255 | |
| 1916 | — | #421 | 177 | |
| 1915 | — | #368 | 212 | |
| 1914 | — | #397 | 143 | |
| 1913 | — | #325 | 156 | |
| 1912 | — | #367 | 112 | |
| 1911 | — | #314 | 74 | |
| 1910 | — | #285 | 73 | |
| 1909 | — | #268 | 68 | |
| 1908 | — | #250 | 71 | |
| 1907 | — | #273 | 58 | |
| 1906 | — | #302 | 46 | |
| 1905 | — | #274 | 52 | |
| 1904 | — | #240 | 61 | |
| 1903 | — | #253 | 52 | |
| 1902 | — | #247 | 57 | |
| 1901 | — | #212 | 64 | |
| 1900 | — | #262 | 61 | |
| 1899 | — | #234 | 50 | |
| 1898 | — | #245 | 51 | |
| 1897 | — | #218 | 59 | |
| 1896 | — | #230 | 62 | |
| 1895 | — | #223 | 61 | |
| 1894 | — | #211 | 63 | |
| 1893 | — | #246 | 50 | |
| 1892 | — | #210 | 69 | |
| 1891 | — | #223 | 51 | |
| 1890 | — | #214 | 60 | |
| 1889 | — | #183 | 73 | |
| 1888 | — | #219 | 64 | |
| 1887 | — | #188 | 66 | |
| 1886 | — | #243 | 49 | |
| 1885 | — | #174 | 76 | |
| 1884 | — | #176 | 80 | |
| 1883 | — | #172 | 72 | |
| 1882 | — | #148 | 92 | |
| 1881 | — | #159 | 76 | |
| 1880 | — | #168 | 78 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wiley was already there! It came in at #168, and was given to 78 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 53 boys a year got the name.
Where Wiley is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#208 · 1 in 1,542
- Alabama#220 · 1 in 1,720
- Georgia#220 · 1 in 1,858
- Mississippi#223 · 1 in 1,694
- South Carolina#231 · 1 in 1,830
Best ever in a state: #90 in North Carolina, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #208 | 27 | 1 in 1,542 |
| Alabama | #220 | 19 | 1 in 1,720 |
| Georgia | #220 | 19 | 1 in 1,858 |
| Mississippi | #223 | 14 | 1 in 1,694 |
| South Carolina | #231 | 13 | 1 in 1,830 |
| Virginia | #239 | 15 | 1 in 1,969 |
| Tennessee | #258 | 12 | 1 in 2,661 |
| Louisiana | #305 | 11 | 1 in 2,380 |
| Oklahoma | #317 | 6 | 1 in 3,579 |
| Florida | #329 | 5 | 1 in 3,721 |
| Texas | #360 | 23 | 1 in 3,063 |
| California | #501 | 8 | 1 in 9,129 |
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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 Wiley
- 67 spots since 2024 (#1,155 → #1,222)
- 62 spots since 2020 (#1,160 → #1,222)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#1,307 → #1,222)
- Biggest jump: 71 spots in 1917 (#421 → #350)
- Biggest drop: 215 spots in 1975 (#993 → #1,208)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #148 (92 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1880–1974
- Highest: 1 in 1,236 boys born in 1882 were named Wiley (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,352 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 14.2% of all boys named Wiley (2,621) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 726 | #148 (1882) | #183 |
| 1890s | 576 | #210 (1892) | #225 |
| 1900s | 590 | #212 (1901) | #258 |
| 1910s | 1,676 | #285 (1910) | #359 |
| 1920s | 2,621 | #338 (1921) | #365 |
| 1930s | 2,320 | #324 (1935) | #364 |
| 1940s | 2,179 | #386 (1941) | #422 |
| 1950s | 1,735 | #464 (1950) | #557 |
| 1960s | 1,147 | #663 (1965) | #713 |
| 1970s | 700 | #826 (1970) | #1,018 |
| 1980s | 528 | #1,133 (1980) | #1,365 |
| 1990s | 534 | #1,396 (1991) | #1,719 |
| 2000s | 795 | #1,501 (2006) | #1,697 |
| 2010s | 1,199 | #1,214 (2019) | #1,431 |
| 2020s | 1,074 | #1,076 (2021) | #1,150 |
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.
Wiley in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 270,144 of them was named Wiley, which outranked 14.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 756 names at #4,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 6,705 of them was named Wiley, which outranked 89.5% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.