Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wister

#16,493 most common boys' name of all time · #43,110 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–1957

Rank among boys
#16,493
Rank overall
#43,110 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
85
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #2,916
Best rank
#2,802 1915
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19201940

Wister 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1957 — 5 5 #4,221
1951 — 6 6 #3,551
1941 — 5 5 #3,803
1936 — 5 5 #3,834
1931 — 5 5 #4,055
1928 — 6 6 #3,943
1927 — 8 8 #3,347
1923 — 10 10 #2,916
1922 — 5 5 #4,563
1920 — 5 5 #4,589
1918 — 5 5 #4,469
1917 — 6 6 #3,796
1915 — 9 9 #2,802
1914 — 5 5 #3,757