Wheeler
Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,809 · #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,916since 1880
Wheeler over time
Rank among boys' names. Wheeler has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,450 | 33 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,835 | 45 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,412 | 34 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,427 | 33 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,143 | 37 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,466 | 22 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,890 | 19 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,630 | 18 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,689 | 17 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,296 | 30 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,432 | 26 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,304 | 31 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,532 | 25 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #998 | 41 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #384 | 23 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wheeler was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wheeler
- 615 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #3,450)
- 1,785 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #3,450)
- 1,440 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #3,450)
- Biggest jump: 484 spots in 1898 (#1,057 → #573)
- Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #384 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1882–1888
- Highest: 1 in 4,618 boys born in 1899 were named Wheeler (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.0% of all boys named Wheeler (287) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #505 (1880) | #677 |
| 1890s | 59 | #384 (1899) | #825 |
| 1900s | 75 | #679 (1909) | #890 |
| 1910s | 219 | #981 (1910) | #1,284 |
| 1920s | 287 | #1,139 (1920) | #1,391 |
| 1930s | 171 | #1,361 (1933) | #1,769 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,368 (1940) | #1,801 |
| 1950s | 133 | #1,701 (1950) | #2,328 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,279 (1962) | #3,126 |
| 1970s | 47 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,698 |
| 1980s | 30 | #4,973 (1984) | #5,882 |
| 1990s | 73 | #4,290 (1994) | #5,459 |
| 2000s | 104 | #4,922 (2009) | #7,398 |
| 2010s | 220 | #3,143 (2019) | #4,623 |
| 2020s | 200 | #2,835 (2024) | #3,589 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wheeler in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Wheeler, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 46,067 of them was named Wheeler, which outranked 66.8% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,539Vernell23
- #1,539Wilbern23
- #1,539Winslow23
- #1,596Wheeler22
- #1,596Albertus22
- #1,596Alston22
- #1,596Alvaro22
- #1,648Abbott21
- #1,648Alger21
- #1,648Almond21
Tied with 51 names at #1,596; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.