Wiley
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #1,222 for boys in 2025, 165 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 92 births
- Debut · boys
- 78 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,400since 1880
Wiley over time
Rank among boys' names. Wiley has never cracked the top 100 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 | #5,410 | 23 | #1,222 | 165 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #1,155 | 181 |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 | #1,134 | 186 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #1,155 | 179 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | #1,076 | 197 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #1,160 | 166 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #1,214 | 157 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #1,443 | 121 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #1,421 | 122 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #1,389 | 126 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #1,307 | 135 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #1,402 | 120 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #1,420 | 117 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #1,462 | 111 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #1,703 | 87 |
| 2010 | — | #1,552 | 103 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,604 | 99 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,603 | 98 |
| 2007 | — | #1,861 | 77 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,501 | 101 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #1,584 | 87 |
| 2004 | — | #1,701 | 75 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,630 | 77 |
| 2002 | — | #1,744 | 66 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,995 | 48 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,768 | 57 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,773 | 54 |
| 1996 | — | #1,690 | 56 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,887 | 45 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,868 | 45 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,680 | 52 |
| 1992 | — | #1,677 | 51 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,396 | 66 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,452 | 60 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,476 | 56 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,427 | 54 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,181 | 63 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,280 | 52 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,140 | 64 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,259 | 53 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,133 | 64 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,154 | 61 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,186 | 56 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,079 | 64 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,019 | 66 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,208 | 49 | |
| 1974 | — | #993 | 68 | |
| 1973 | — | #978 | 68 | |
| 1972 | — | #905 | 78 | |
| 1971 | — | #828 | 95 | |
| 1970 | — | #826 | 95 | |
| 1969 | — | #804 | 92 | |
| 1968 | — | #765 | 94 | |
| 1967 | — | #690 | 116 | |
| 1966 | — | #703 | 111 | |
| 1965 | — | #663 | 125 | |
| 1964 | — | #711 | 118 | |
| 1963 | — | #692 | 125 | |
| 1962 | — | #728 | 111 | |
| 1961 | — | #699 | 119 | |
| 1960 | — | #671 | 136 | |
| 1959 | — | #616 | 158 | |
| 1958 | — | #670 | 128 | |
| 1957 | — | #594 | 168 | |
| 1956 | — | #566 | 180 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #564 | 171 |
| 1954 | — | #573 | 166 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #507 | 191 |
| 1952 | — | #505 | 191 | |
| 1951 | — | #514 | 176 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #464 | 206 |
| 1949 | — | #462 | 205 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #416 | 260 |
| 1947 | — | #442 | 229 | |
| 1946 | — | #469 | 186 | |
| 1945 | — | #429 | 193 | |
| 1944 | — | #390 | 240 | |
| 1943 | — | #410 | 225 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #426 | 206 |
| 1941 | — | #386 | 222 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #391 | 213 |
| 1939 | — | #391 | 208 | |
| 1938 | — | #363 | 235 | |
| 1937 | — | #362 | 223 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #341 | 256 |
| 1935 | — | #324 | 286 | |
| 1934 | — | #364 | 224 | |
| 1933 | — | #368 | 216 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #364 | 233 |
| 1931 | — | #372 | 227 | |
| 1930 | — | #395 | 212 | |
| 1929 | — | #378 | 230 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #354 | 263 |
| 1927 | — | #368 | 253 | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #365 | 258 |
| 1925 | — | #381 | 245 | |
| 1924 | — | #393 | 238 | |
| 1923 | — | #346 | 290 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #354 | 277 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #338 | 304 |
| 1920 | — | #369 | 263 | |
| 1919 | — | #379 | 234 | |
| 1918 | — | #385 | 240 | |
| 1917 | — | #350 | 255 | |
| 1916 | — | #421 | 177 | |
| 1915 | — | #368 | 212 | |
| 1914 | — | #397 | 143 | |
| 1913 | — | #325 | 156 | |
| 1912 | — | #367 | 112 | |
| 1911 | — | #314 | 74 | |
| 1910 | — | #285 | 73 | |
| 1909 | — | #268 | 68 | |
| 1908 | — | #250 | 71 | |
| 1907 | — | #273 | 58 | |
| 1906 | — | #302 | 46 | |
| 1905 | — | #274 | 52 | |
| 1904 | — | #240 | 61 | |
| 1903 | — | #253 | 52 | |
| 1902 | — | #247 | 57 | |
| 1901 | — | #212 | 64 | |
| 1900 | — | #262 | 61 | |
| 1899 | — | #234 | 50 | |
| 1898 | — | #245 | 51 | |
| 1897 | — | #218 | 59 | |
| 1896 | — | #230 | 62 | |
| 1895 | — | #223 | 61 | |
| 1894 | — | #211 | 63 | |
| 1893 | — | #246 | 50 | |
| 1892 | — | #210 | 69 | |
| 1891 | — | #223 | 51 | |
| 1890 | — | #214 | 60 | |
| 1889 | — | #183 | 73 | |
| 1888 | — | #219 | 64 | |
| 1887 | — | #188 | 66 | |
| 1886 | — | #243 | 49 | |
| 1885 | — | #174 | 76 | |
| 1884 | — | #176 | 80 | |
| 1883 | — | #172 | 72 | |
| 1882 | — | #148 | 92 | |
| 1881 | — | #159 | 76 | |
| 1880 | — | #168 | 78 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wiley was already there! It came in at #168, and was given to 78 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 53 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wiley
- 67 spots since 2024 (#1,155 → #1,222)
- 62 spots since 2020 (#1,160 → #1,222)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#1,307 → #1,222)
- Biggest jump: 71 spots in 1917 (#421 → #350)
- Biggest drop: 215 spots in 1975 (#993 → #1,208)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #148 (92 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1880–1974
- Highest: 1 in 1,236 boys born in 1882 were named Wiley (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,352 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 14.2% of all boys named Wiley (2,621) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 726 | #148 (1882) | #183 |
| 1890s | 576 | #210 (1892) | #225 |
| 1900s | 590 | #212 (1901) | #258 |
| 1910s | 1,676 | #285 (1910) | #359 |
| 1920s | 2,621 | #338 (1921) | #365 |
| 1930s | 2,320 | #324 (1935) | #364 |
| 1940s | 2,179 | #386 (1941) | #422 |
| 1950s | 1,735 | #464 (1950) | #557 |
| 1960s | 1,147 | #663 (1965) | #713 |
| 1970s | 700 | #826 (1970) | #1,018 |
| 1980s | 528 | #1,133 (1980) | #1,365 |
| 1990s | 534 | #1,396 (1991) | #1,719 |
| 2000s | 795 | #1,501 (2006) | #1,697 |
| 2010s | 1,199 | #1,214 (2019) | #1,431 |
| 2020s | 1,074 | #1,076 (2021) | #1,150 |
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.
Wiley in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 200,167 of them was named Wiley, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,011Zana7
- #4,011Zenaida7
- #4,011Zoie7
- #4,445Wiley6
- #4,445Aaron6
- #4,445Acie6
- #4,445Adalaide6
- #5,009Abelina5
- #5,009Adair5
- #5,009Adalia5
Tied with 563 names at #4,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 3,928 of them was named Wiley, which outranked 92.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.