Wilder
Wilder is ranked 392nd among boys in 2024 (830 births). Its best rank was 366th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #392up 30 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8300.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021890 births
- Best rank
- #366in 2021
- Since 1914
- 8,042people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,447 boys have been named Wilder in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 890 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 54%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 595 girls have also been given it, 7.4% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wilder | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | |
| 1920s | 72 | |
| 1930s | 26 | |
| 1940s | 15 | |
| 1950s | 16 | |
| 1960s | 6 | |
| 1970s | 5 | |
| 1980s | 51 | |
| 1990s | 155 | |
| 2000s | 366 | |
| 2010s | 2,652 | |
| 2020s | 4,036 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Wilder was the 366th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Wilder
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaizerpeak 2024
- Legendpeak 2021
- Caspianpeak 2024
- Cairopeak 2022
- Kashtonpeak 2022
- Oaklandpeak 2022
- Kananpeak 2022
- Everestpeak 2022
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.