Wylie
#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · #1,176 for boys in 2025, 175 births
Given to boys 88.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,073since 1880
Wylie 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 | #2,645 | 65 | #1,176 | 175 |
| 2024 | #2,694 | 64 | #1,224 | 164 |
| 2023 | #3,140 | 52 | #1,547 | 113 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #1,440 | 126 |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | #1,280 | 148 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | #1,698 | 93 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | #1,593 | 103 |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | #1,455 | 117 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #1,628 | 98 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #1,931 | 75 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #1,714 | 88 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #1,851 | 77 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #1,756 | 85 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #2,077 | 64 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #1,924 | 73 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #2,010 | 69 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #1,874 | 77 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #2,337 | 55 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #1,919 | 70 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #2,399 | 48 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #2,419 | 46 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #2,238 | 48 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #2,196 | 45 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #2,157 | 42 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | — | #2,115 | 40 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,626 | 28 | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,208 | 23 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,505 | 35 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,348 | 39 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #1,289 | 42 |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,116 | 44 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,360 | 32 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,303 | 37 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,300 | 36 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,171 | 42 |
| 1955 | — | #1,091 | 47 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,333 | 32 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,182 | 39 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1945 | — | #884 | 51 | |
| 1944 | — | #906 | 49 | |
| 1943 | — | #933 | 51 | |
| 1942 | — | #958 | 48 | |
| 1941 | — | #839 | 57 | |
| 1940 | — | #893 | 50 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #846 | 54 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #811 | 57 |
| 1935 | — | #790 | 61 | |
| 1934 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #885 | 56 | |
| 1929 | — | #815 | 63 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,111 | 40 | |
| 1927 | — | #964 | 52 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,010 | 47 | |
| 1925 | — | #909 | 55 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #797 | 71 |
| 1923 | — | #913 | 56 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,002 | 49 | |
| 1920 | — | #853 | 63 | |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #889 | 56 | |
| 1917 | — | #892 | 51 | |
| 1916 | — | #888 | 50 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #855 | 40 | |
| 1913 | — | #818 | 34 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #558 | 22 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wylie was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wylie is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#554 · 1 in 3,062
- Washington#955 · 1 in 7,407
- California#1,401 · 1 in 17,207
- Texas#1,532 · 1 in 18,522
- New York#1,579 · 1 in 16,666
Best ever in a state: #227 in Montana, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #554 | 6 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Washington | #955 | 5 | 1 in 7,407 |
| California | #1,401 | 13 | 1 in 17,207 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 10 | 1 in 18,522 |
| New York | #1,579 | 6 | 1 in 16,666 |
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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 Wylie
- 48 spots since 2024 (#1,224 → #1,176)
- 639 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #1,176)
- 755 spots since 2015 (#1,931 → #1,176)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1907 (#1,111 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 519 spots in 1906 (#592 → #1,111)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #438 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1898
- Highest: 1 in 6,522 boys born in 1895 were named Wylie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,760 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #438 in 1887, was only 1 in 6,761 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.4% of all boys named Wylie (873) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #438 (1887) | #560 |
| 1890s | 101 | #476 (1895) | #666 |
| 1900s | 116 | #558 (1909) | #755 |
| 1910s | 406 | #729 (1910) | #838 |
| 1920s | 549 | #797 (1924) | #933 |
| 1930s | 528 | #790 (1935) | #872 |
| 1940s | 481 | #839 (1941) | #971 |
| 1950s | 385 | #1,037 (1950) | #1,224 |
| 1960s | 317 | #1,116 (1966) | #1,409 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,289 (1971) | #1,774 |
| 1980s | 251 | #1,695 (1980) | #2,265 |
| 1990s | 306 | #2,115 (1996) | #2,555 |
| 2000s | 545 | #1,874 (2008) | #2,203 |
| 2010s | 873 | #1,455 (2017) | #1,763 |
| 2020s | 808 | #1,176 (2025) | #1,414 |
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.
Wylie in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 68,155 of them was named Wylie, which outranked 72.8% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,990Yaneth27
- #4,990Zamari27
- #4,990Zuriel27
- #5,130Wylie26
- #5,130Aitanna26
- #5,130Ajah26
- #5,130Akemi26
- #5,284Aamira25
- #5,284Aarvi25
- #5,284Abbigayle25
Tied with 153 names at #5,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 19,365 of them was named Wylie, which outranked 88.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,618Koby99
- #1,618Linden99
- #1,618Luther99
- #1,628Wylie98
- #1,628Abdullahi98
- #1,628Arnold98
- #1,628Hamilton98
- #1,641Ambrose97
- #1,641Aspen97
- #1,641Braxten97
Tied with 12 names at #1,628; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.