Wolf
#3,518 most common boys' name of all time · #8,578 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#3,518
Rank overall
#8,578 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,658
Since 2016
865
Peak year
2021 #1,600
Best rank
#1,600 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 107/yr
Wolf first appears in 1912. 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 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 2024 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,813 |
| 2023 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,778 |
| 2022 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,700 |
| 2021 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,600 |
| 2020 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,821 |
| 2019 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,781 |
| 2018 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,824 |
| 2017 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,921 |
| 2016 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,089 |
| 2015 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,218 |
| 2014 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,496 |
| 2013 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,371 |
| 2012 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,140 |
| 2011 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,895 |
| 2010 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,644 |
| 2009 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,745 |
| 2008 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,057 |
| 2007 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,263 |
| 2006 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,700 |
| 2005 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,308 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,541 |
| 2003 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,995 |
| 2002 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,163 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,146 |
| 2000 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,232 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,352 |
| 1998 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,106 |
| 1997 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,282 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,658 |
| 1995 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1994 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,323 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,749 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,549 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,527 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,446 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,340 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,298 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,013 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,539 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,451 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,676 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,672 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,664 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,109 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,028 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,758 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,642 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,083 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,344 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,310 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,674 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,790 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,217 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,258 |
| 1960 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,175 |
| 1959 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,244 |
| 1958 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,880 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,379 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,083 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,271 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,868 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,902 |