Wilder*
#1,267 most common boys' name of all time · #3,035 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1914–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,267
Rank overall
#3,035 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
8,835
Since 2016
7,305
Peak year
2021 #366
Best rank
#366 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 978/yr
Wilder first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 743 | 786 | #431 |
| 2024 | 49 | 836 | 885 | #390 |
| 2023 | 51 | 755 | 806 | #421 |
| 2022 | 89 | 867 | 956 | #374 |
| 2021 | 88 | 890 | 978 | #366 |
| 2020 | 72 | 695 | 767 | #427 |
| 2019 | 47 | 601 | 648 | #485 |
| 2018 | 53 | 540 | 593 | #527 |
| 2017 | 33 | 477 | 510 | #572 |
| 2016 | 38 | 338 | 376 | #726 |
| 2015 | 22 | 215 | 237 | #960 |
| 2014 | 10 | 134 | 144 | #1,314 |
| 2013 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #1,340 |
| 2012 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,660 |
| 2011 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,131 |
| 2010 | 5 | 65 | 70 | #2,080 |
| 2009 | 5 | 38 | 43 | #3,054 |
| 2008 | 7 | 59 | 66 | #2,240 |
| 2007 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,310 |
| 2006 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,990 |
| 2005 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,113 |
| 2004 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,459 |
| 2003 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,450 |
| 2002 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,461 |
| 2001 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,162 |
| 2000 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,088 |
| 1999 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,295 |
| 1998 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,617 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,711 |
| 1996 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,058 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,560 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,161 |
| 1993 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,268 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,158 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,170 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,015 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,072 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,563 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,799 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,712 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,650 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,773 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,434 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,172 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,090 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,953 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,899 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,826 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,108 |
| 1937 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,300 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,583 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,581 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,206 |
| 1928 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,237 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,989 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,932 |
| 1925 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,586 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,695 |
| 1923 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,649 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,416 |
| 1921 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,607 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,012 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1918 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,843 |
| 1917 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,707 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,785 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,456 |