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.

Wylie*

#1,440 most common boys' name of all time · #3,467 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,440
Rank overall
#3,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
6,865
Since 2016
1,692
Peak year
2025 #1,176
Best rank
#455 1887
Girls Boys peak 240/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Wylie 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 65 175 240 #1,176
2024 64 164 228 #1,224
2023 52 113 165 #1,549
2022 56 126 182 #1,440
2021 51 148 199 #1,281
2020 46 82 128 #1,819
2019 40 93 133 #1,698
2018 36 103 139 #1,595
2017 37 117 154 #1,455
2016 26 98 124 #1,630
2015 29 75 104 #1,935
2014 21 88 109 #1,715
2013 18 77 95 #1,851
2012 15 85 100 #1,757
2011 19 64 83 #2,078
2010 12 73 85 #1,926
2009 16 69 85 #2,013
2008 18 77 95 #1,875
2007 18 55 73 #2,341
2006 13 70 83 #1,919
2005 11 48 59 #2,399
2004 8 46 54 #2,421
2003 9 48 57 #2,239
2002 11 46 57 #2,250
2001 14 41 55 #2,386
2000 10 45 55 #2,196
1999 19 39 58 #2,300
1998 7 42 49 #2,158
1997 5 29 34 #2,683
1996 — 40 40 #2,117
1995 — 28 28 #2,630
1994 9 21 30 #3,218
1993 10 30 40 #2,455
1992 — 29 29 #2,468
1991 5 20 25 #3,117
1990 — 28 28 #2,434
1989 — 20 20 #2,996
1988 — 30 30 #2,091
1987 — 30 30 #2,024
1986 — 25 25 #2,234
1985 — 22 22 #2,362
1984 — 29 29 #1,889
1983 — 23 23 #2,214
1982 — 15 15 #2,977
1981 — 23 23 #2,209
1980 — 34 34 #1,699
1979 — 21 21 #2,313
1978 — 26 26 #1,915
1977 — 31 31 #1,711
1976 — 17 17 #2,518
1975 — 35 35 #1,508
1974 — 23 23 #1,938
1973 — 26 26 #1,743
1972 — 39 39 #1,350
1971 7 42 49 #1,291
1970 — 32 32 #1,499
1969 — 27 27 #1,575
1968 — 27 27 #1,513
1967 — 29 29 #1,418
1966 — 44 44 #1,118
1965 — 32 32 #1,362
1964 — 22 22 #1,702
1963 — 38 38 #1,260
1962 — 31 31 #1,406
1961 — 37 37 #1,306
1960 — 30 30 #1,469
1959 — 33 33 #1,367
1958 — 27 27 #1,514
1957 — 36 36 #1,305
1956 5 42 47 #1,173
1955 — 47 47 #1,094
1954 — 32 32 #1,334
1953 — 44 44 #1,105
1952 — 39 39 #1,186
1951 — 39 39 #1,156
1950 — 46 46 #1,043
1949 — 37 37 #1,169
1948 — 44 44 #1,068
1947 — 55 55 #960
1946 — 39 39 #1,112
1945 — 51 51 #886
1944 — 49 49 #907
1943 — 51 51 #935
1942 — 48 48 #960
1941 — 57 57 #842
1940 — 50 50 #898
1939 — 50 50 #873
1938 — 54 54 #847
1937 — 51 51 #862
1936 5 57 62 #812
1935 — 61 61 #791
1934 — 51 51 #881
1933 — 38 38 #1,059
1932 — 59 59 #831
1931 — 51 51 #901
1930 — 56 56 #886
1929 — 63 63 #819
1928 — 40 40 #1,113
1927 — 52 52 #969
1926 — 47 47 #1,010
1925 — 55 55 #910
1924 5 71 76 #801
1923 — 56 56 #915
1922 — 53 53 #960
1921 — 49 49 #1,005
1920 — 63 63 #856
1919 — 61 61 #845
1918 — 56 56 #889
1917 — 51 51 #893
1916 — 50 50 #889
1915 — 53 53 #850
1914 — 40 40 #860
1913 — 34 34 #820
1912 — 25 25 #898
1911 — 19 19 #738
1910 — 17 17 #738
1909 — 22 22 #564
1908 — 19 19 #596
1907 — 11 11 #839
1906 — 6 6 #1,128
1905 — 16 16 #608
1904 — 8 8 #896
1903 — 7 7 #937
1902 — 10 10 #759
1900 — 17 17 #614
1898 — 14 14 #589
1897 — 12 12 #632
1896 — 13 13 #610
1895 — 18 18 #488
1894 — 14 14 #558
1893 — 9 9 #724
1892 — 7 7 #883
1891 — 5 5 #990
1890 — 9 9 #693
1889 — 11 11 #602
1888 — 13 13 #565
1887 — 15 15 #455
1886 — 13 13 #524
1885 — 13 13 #538
1884 — 10 10 #632
1883 — 10 10 #614
1882 — 8 8 #708
1881 — 10 10 #575
1880 — 12 12 #570