Wiley
#845 most common boys' name of all time · #1,932 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#845
Rank overall
#1,932 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
18,794
Since 2016
1,809
Peak year
1921 #338
Best rank
#149 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 309/yr
Wiley is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 165 | 188 | #1,223 |
| 2024 | 23 | 181 | 204 | #1,156 |
| 2023 | 32 | 186 | 218 | #1,134 |
| 2022 | 29 | 179 | 208 | #1,155 |
| 2021 | 25 | 197 | 222 | #1,076 |
| 2020 | 21 | 166 | 187 | #1,161 |
| 2019 | 16 | 157 | 173 | #1,214 |
| 2018 | 11 | 121 | 132 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 21 | 122 | 143 | #1,422 |
| 2016 | 8 | 126 | 134 | #1,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | 135 | 150 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 10 | 120 | 130 | #1,404 |
| 2013 | 16 | 117 | 133 | #1,421 |
| 2012 | 12 | 111 | 123 | #1,462 |
| 2011 | 9 | 87 | 96 | #1,703 |
| 2010 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,552 |
| 2009 | 7 | 99 | 106 | #1,605 |
| 2008 | 7 | 98 | 105 | #1,604 |
| 2007 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 5 | 101 | 106 | #1,502 |
| 2005 | 9 | 87 | 96 | #1,585 |
| 2004 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,702 |
| 2003 | 6 | 77 | 83 | #1,630 |
| 2002 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,744 |
| 2001 | 7 | 61 | 68 | #1,817 |
| 2000 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,924 |
| 1999 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,995 |
| 1998 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,768 |
| 1997 | 6 | 54 | 60 | #1,773 |
| 1996 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,690 |
| 1995 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,888 |
| 1994 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,868 |
| 1993 | 5 | 52 | 57 | #1,680 |
| 1992 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,678 |
| 1991 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,398 |
| 1990 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,452 |
| 1989 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,477 |
| 1988 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,427 |
| 1987 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,656 |
| 1986 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,536 |
| 1985 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,181 |
| 1984 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,280 |
| 1983 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,562 |
| 1982 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,142 |
| 1981 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,259 |
| 1980 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,133 |
| 1979 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,155 |
| 1978 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,187 |
| 1977 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,080 |
| 1976 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,019 |
| 1975 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | — | 68 | 68 | #993 |
| 1973 | — | 68 | 68 | #978 |
| 1972 | — | 78 | 78 | #905 |
| 1971 | — | 95 | 95 | #829 |
| 1970 | — | 95 | 95 | #826 |
| 1969 | — | 92 | 92 | #804 |
| 1968 | — | 94 | 94 | #766 |
| 1967 | — | 116 | 116 | #690 |
| 1966 | — | 111 | 111 | #704 |
| 1965 | — | 125 | 125 | #663 |
| 1964 | — | 118 | 118 | #711 |
| 1963 | — | 125 | 125 | #693 |
| 1962 | — | 111 | 111 | #728 |
| 1961 | — | 119 | 119 | #699 |
| 1960 | — | 136 | 136 | #671 |
| 1959 | — | 158 | 158 | #616 |
| 1958 | — | 128 | 128 | #670 |
| 1957 | — | 168 | 168 | #594 |
| 1956 | — | 180 | 180 | #566 |
| 1955 | 5 | 171 | 176 | #565 |
| 1954 | — | 166 | 166 | #573 |
| 1953 | 7 | 191 | 198 | #507 |
| 1952 | — | 191 | 191 | #505 |
| 1951 | — | 176 | 176 | #514 |
| 1950 | 5 | 206 | 211 | #465 |
| 1949 | — | 205 | 205 | #462 |
| 1948 | 5 | 260 | 265 | #416 |
| 1947 | — | 229 | 229 | #442 |
| 1946 | — | 186 | 186 | #470 |
| 1945 | — | 193 | 193 | #429 |
| 1944 | — | 240 | 240 | #390 |
| 1943 | — | 225 | 225 | #410 |
| 1942 | 5 | 206 | 211 | #426 |
| 1941 | — | 222 | 222 | #386 |
| 1940 | 7 | 213 | 220 | #392 |
| 1939 | — | 208 | 208 | #392 |
| 1938 | — | 235 | 235 | #363 |
| 1937 | — | 223 | 223 | #362 |
| 1936 | 6 | 256 | 262 | #341 |
| 1935 | — | 286 | 286 | #324 |
| 1934 | — | 224 | 224 | #364 |
| 1933 | — | 216 | 216 | #368 |
| 1932 | 5 | 233 | 238 | #364 |
| 1931 | — | 227 | 227 | #372 |
| 1930 | — | 212 | 212 | #395 |
| 1929 | — | 230 | 230 | #378 |
| 1928 | 6 | 263 | 269 | #354 |
| 1927 | — | 253 | 253 | #368 |
| 1926 | 9 | 258 | 267 | #365 |
| 1925 | — | 245 | 245 | #381 |
| 1924 | — | 238 | 238 | #393 |
| 1923 | — | 290 | 290 | #346 |
| 1922 | 6 | 277 | 283 | #354 |
| 1921 | 5 | 304 | 309 | #338 |
| 1920 | — | 263 | 263 | #369 |
| 1919 | — | 234 | 234 | #379 |
| 1918 | — | 240 | 240 | #385 |
| 1917 | — | 255 | 255 | #350 |
| 1916 | — | 177 | 177 | #421 |
| 1915 | — | 212 | 212 | #368 |
| 1914 | — | 143 | 143 | #397 |
| 1913 | — | 156 | 156 | #325 |
| 1912 | — | 112 | 112 | #367 |
| 1911 | — | 74 | 74 | #315 |
| 1910 | — | 73 | 73 | #285 |
| 1909 | — | 68 | 68 | #269 |
| 1908 | — | 71 | 71 | #250 |
| 1907 | — | 58 | 58 | #273 |
| 1906 | — | 46 | 46 | #302 |
| 1905 | — | 52 | 52 | #274 |
| 1904 | — | 61 | 61 | #240 |
| 1903 | — | 52 | 52 | #253 |
| 1902 | — | 57 | 57 | #247 |
| 1901 | — | 64 | 64 | #212 |
| 1900 | — | 61 | 61 | #263 |
| 1899 | — | 50 | 50 | #236 |
| 1898 | — | 51 | 51 | #245 |
| 1897 | — | 59 | 59 | #219 |
| 1896 | — | 62 | 62 | #230 |
| 1895 | — | 61 | 61 | #223 |
| 1894 | — | 63 | 63 | #211 |
| 1893 | — | 50 | 50 | #246 |
| 1892 | — | 69 | 69 | #211 |
| 1891 | — | 51 | 51 | #224 |
| 1890 | — | 60 | 60 | #214 |
| 1889 | — | 73 | 73 | #184 |
| 1888 | — | 64 | 64 | #219 |
| 1887 | — | 66 | 66 | #188 |
| 1886 | — | 49 | 49 | #243 |
| 1885 | — | 76 | 76 | #175 |
| 1884 | — | 80 | 80 | #176 |
| 1883 | — | 72 | 72 | #173 |
| 1882 | — | 92 | 92 | #149 |
| 1881 | — | 76 | 76 | #161 |
| 1880 | — | 78 | 78 | #170 |