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.

Wolf

#3,518 most common boys' name of all time · #8,578 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · 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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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