Wisdom
#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 52.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 160 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,146since 1988
Wisdom over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #2,778 | 61 | #1,244 | 160 |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 | #2,637 | 50 |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | #2,078 | 71 |
| 2022 | #2,894 | 58 | #2,022 | 75 |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 | #2,349 | 58 |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | #2,886 | 41 |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | #2,472 | 52 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | #2,726 | 44 |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 | #2,641 | 46 |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | #3,456 | 31 |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | #2,998 | 37 |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | #2,905 | 40 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #4,196 | 36 | #3,919 | 26 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | #3,486 | 31 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #3,524 | 29 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wisdom! It came in at #5,751, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Wisdom is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#1,435 · 1 in 13,677
- Texas#1,943 · 1 in 24,982
Best ever in a state: #541 in Georgia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,435 | 7 | 1 in 13,677 |
| Texas | #1,943 | 7 | 1 in 24,982 |
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| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 Wisdom
- 1,393 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #1,244)
- 1,642 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #1,244)
- 1,397 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #1,244)
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 2025 at #1,244 (160 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 were named Wisdom (0.01%)
- 39.7% of all boys named Wisdom (455) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13 | #5,751 (1988) | #6,346 |
| 1990s | 60 | #4,537 (1999) | #6,489 |
| 2000s | 204 | #3,486 (2008) | #4,488 |
| 2010s | 414 | #2,464 (2019) | #2,904 |
| 2020s | 455 | #1,244 (2025) | #2,203 |
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.
Wisdom in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 38,661 of them was named Wisdom, which outranked 80.7% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,438Zaidee45
- #3,438Zissy45
- #3,438Zori45
- #3,497Wisdom44
- #3,497Aislin44
- #3,497Alany44
- #3,497Aleya44
- #3,559Aalia43
- #3,559Aashi43
- #3,559Aayat43
Tied with 61 names at #3,497; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 34,926 of them was named Wisdom, which outranked 82.5% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,445Trayvon53
- #2,445Tymir53
- #2,445Yash53
- #2,472Wisdom52
- #2,472Abubakar52
- #2,472Alston52
- #2,472Ameen52
- #2,507Aasir51
- #2,507Aleksandr51
- #2,507Ayce51
Tied with 34 names at #2,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.