Wylder
- #3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births
- #669 for boys in 2025, 407 births
- Given to boys 91.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 407 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,513since 2005
Wylder over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | #669 | 407 |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | #677 | 403 |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | #718 | 370 |
| 2022 | #4,041 | 36 | #855 | 283 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | #973 | 229 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #1,209 | 156 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #1,347 | 133 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #1,375 | 128 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #1,518 | 109 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #1,975 | 73 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,060 | 36 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,131 | 24 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
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First appearance
2005
The first year at least five boys were named Wylder! It came in at #10,151, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2005–2006, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Wylder 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
- West Virginia#183 · 1 in 616
- Arkansas#247 · 1 in 899
- Tennessee#299 · 1 in 1,268
- Idaho#302 · 1 in 1,079
- Mississippi#312 · 1 in 1,084
Best ever in a state: #97 in Wyoming, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #183 | 10 | 1 in 616 |
| Arkansas | #247 | 14 | 1 in 899 |
| Tennessee | #299 | 29 | 1 in 1,268 |
| Idaho | #302 | 8 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Mississippi | #312 | 10 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Wisconsin | #355 | 15 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Iowa | #379 | 9 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Indiana | #412 | 17 | 1 in 1,863 |
| Kentucky | #422 | 11 | 1 in 1,867 |
| Oklahoma | #426 | 10 | 1 in 1,768 |
| Alabama | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,152 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Missouri | #518 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| North Carolina | #569 | 17 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Colorado | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Ohio | #650 | 14 | 1 in 3,752 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Georgia | #673 | 14 | 1 in 3,587 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Arizona | #781 | 7 | 1 in 4,675 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Illinois | #870 | 9 | 1 in 5,506 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Texas | #915 | 27 | 1 in 6,483 |
| Florida | #958 | 14 | 1 in 6,824 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,004 | 7 | 1 in 7,466 |
| California | #1,040 | 20 | 1 in 8,774 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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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 Wylder
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 540 spots since 2020 (#1,209 → #669)
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2005
- Peaked 2025 at #669 (407 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,197
- Highest: 1 in 4,197 boys born in 2025 were named Wylder (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 73.5% of all boys named Wylder (1,848) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56 | #5,102 (2009) | #7,571 |
| 2010s | 609 | #1,347 (2019) | #3,139 |
| 2020s | 1,848 | #669 (2025) | #850 |
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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