Wright
#4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,639since 1880
Wright over time
Rank among boys' names. Wright has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #4,220 | 25 |
| 2022 | #3,879 | 28 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,082 | 35 |
| 1914 | #1,073 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #521 | 14 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #597 | 10 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wright was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Wright is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#548 · 1 in 6,658
Best ever in a state: #340 in California, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #548 | 5 | 1 in 6,658 |
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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 Wright
- 49 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #4,249)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,249)
- 2,075 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #681)
- Biggest drop: 529 spots in 1900 (#521 → #1,050)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #521 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1883–1894
- Highest: 1 in 7,587 boys born in 1899 were named Wright (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.6% of all boys named Wright (240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #597 (1883) | #792 |
| 1890s | 84 | #521 (1899) | #733 |
| 1900s | 72 | #778 (1907) | #960 |
| 1910s | 222 | #982 (1911) | #1,227 |
| 1920s | 240 | #1,358 (1923) | #1,580 |
| 1930s | 147 | #1,427 (1931) | #1,963 |
| 1940s | 144 | #1,433 (1940) | #1,991 |
| 1950s | 115 | #1,815 (1950) | #2,418 |
| 1960s | 95 | #2,121 (1960) | #2,846 |
| 1970s | 43 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,923 |
| 1980s | 50 | #4,968 (1987) | #5,807 |
| 1990s | 44 | #5,501 (1995) | #7,109 |
| 2000s | 39 | #6,802 (2009) | #7,546 |
| 2010s | 141 | #3,678 (2017) | #6,566 |
| 2020s | 141 | #3,879 (2022) | #4,398 |
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.
Wright in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 36,715 of them was named Wright, which outranked 72.7% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,329Primo31
- #1,329Shigeo31
- #1,329Wash31
- #1,360Wright30
- #1,360Alpha30
- #1,360Arlington30
- #1,360Bedford30
- #1,390Alger29
- #1,390Ancil29
- #1,390Augustin29
Tied with 29 names at #1,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.