Wyley

Peak · boys
1945 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
158
since 1917

Wyley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wyley has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,996, 1945boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#10,6956
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2022#8,9908
2021#8,8258
2020#10,6056
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2016#12,1855
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2012#8,8648
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2010#8,1399
2009#12,4915
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2007#9,7887
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2005#8,2998
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1919#3,7366
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1917#3,5456
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Wyley! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1944, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Wyley is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Wyley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wyley
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1945 at #2,996 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1946, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 154,247
  • Highest: 1 in 154,247 boys born in 1917 were named Wyley (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,996 in 1945, was only 1 in 224,309 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.9% of all boys named Wyley (33) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#3,545 (1917)#3,820
1920s21#3,872 (1922)#4,158
1930s15#3,518 (1937)#3,614
1940s6#2,996 (1945)#2,996
1950s11#3,425 (1953)#3,626
1960s0——
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1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265
2000s33#7,643 (2002)#9,823
2010s22#8,139 (2010)#9,729
2020s28#8,825 (2021)#9,779

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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