Wisdom**
#2,965 most common boys' name of all time · #7,183 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1988–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,965
Rank overall
#7,183 of 105,966
First appeared
1988
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
2,189
Since 2016
1,111
Peak year
2025 #1,251
Best rank
#1,251 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 221/yr
Wisdom first appears in 1988. 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 | 61 | 160 | 221 | #1,251 |
| 2024 | 53 | 50 | 103 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 51 | 71 | 122 | #2,091 |
| 2022 | 58 | 75 | 133 | #2,033 |
| 2021 | 36 | 58 | 94 | #2,366 |
| 2020 | 43 | 41 | 84 | #2,911 |
| 2019 | 44 | 54 | 98 | #2,483 |
| 2018 | 44 | 52 | 96 | #2,495 |
| 2017 | 34 | 38 | 72 | #3,105 |
| 2016 | 44 | 44 | 88 | #2,759 |
| 2015 | 38 | 46 | 84 | #2,673 |
| 2014 | 41 | 31 | 72 | #3,498 |
| 2013 | 33 | 37 | 70 | #3,034 |
| 2012 | 35 | 40 | 75 | #2,944 |
| 2011 | 31 | 41 | 72 | #2,891 |
| 2010 | 35 | 31 | 66 | #3,496 |
| 2009 | 36 | 26 | 62 | #3,997 |
| 2008 | 33 | 31 | 64 | #3,538 |
| 2007 | 38 | 22 | 60 | #4,445 |
| 2006 | 27 | 29 | 56 | #3,578 |
| 2005 | 26 | 23 | 49 | #4,028 |
| 2004 | 32 | 17 | 49 | #4,930 |
| 2003 | 23 | 15 | 38 | #5,197 |
| 2002 | 24 | 11 | 35 | #6,357 |
| 2001 | 30 | 14 | 44 | #5,319 |
| 2000 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #4,723 |
| 1999 | 21 | 15 | 36 | #4,703 |
| 1998 | 25 | 10 | 35 | #6,150 |
| 1997 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #7,084 |
| 1996 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #6,357 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #8,492 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,233 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,050 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,772 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,423 |