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

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Peak · boys
#148
1882 · 92 births
Debut · boys
1880
78 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,400
since 1880

Wiley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wiley has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #148, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#1,222165
2024#5,44323#1,155181
2023#4,36332#1,134186
2022#4,67129#1,155179
2021#5,09125#1,076197
2020#5,66721#1,160166
2019#7,02516#1,214157
2018#9,15111#1,443121
2017#5,82121#1,421122
2016#11,7818#1,389126
2015#7,61315#1,307135
2014#10,12910#1,402120
2013#7,37216#1,420117
2012#9,10912#1,462111
2011#11,1819#1,70387
2010—#1,552103
2009#13,7047#1,60499
2008#13,8327#1,60398
2007—#1,86177
2006#17,1685#1,501101
2005#10,9219#1,58487
2004—#1,70175
2003#13,8446#1,63077
2002—#1,74466
2001#12,0567#1,81661
2000—#1,92454
1999—#1,99548
1998—#1,76857
1997#12,0706#1,77354
1996—#1,69056
1995—#1,88745
1994—#1,86845
1993#13,4425#1,68052
1992—#1,67751
1991—#1,39666
1990—#1,45260
1989—#1,47656
1988—#1,42754
1987—#1,65541
1986—#1,53543
1985—#1,18163
1984—#1,28052
1983—#1,56238
1982—#1,14064
1981—#1,25953
1980—#1,13364
1979—#1,15461
1978—#1,18656
1977—#1,07964
1976—#1,01966
1975—#1,20849
1974—#99368
1973—#97868
1972—#90578
1971—#82895
1970—#82695
1969—#80492
1968—#76594
1967—#690116
1966—#703111
1965—#663125
1964—#711118
1963—#692125
1962—#728111
1961—#699119
1960—#671136
1959—#616158
1958—#670128
1957—#594168
1956—#566180
1955#5,8285#564171
1954—#573166
1953#4,5957#507191
1952—#505191
1951—#514176
1950#5,3015#464206
1949—#462205
1948#5,2435#416260
1947—#442229
1946—#469186
1945—#429193
1944—#390240
1943—#410225
1942#4,6225#426206
1941—#386222
1940#3,5037#391213
1939—#391208
1938—#363235
1937—#362223
1936#3,7016#341256
1935—#324286
1934—#364224
1933—#368216
1932#4,4115#364233
1931—#372227
1930—#395212
1929—#378230
1928#4,1956#354263
1927—#368253
1926#3,2699#365258
1925—#381245
1924—#393238
1923—#346290
1922#4,4456#354277
1921#5,0995#338304
1920—#369263
1919—#379234
1918—#385240
1917—#350255
1916—#421177
1915—#368212
1914—#397143
1913—#325156
1912—#367112
1911—#31474
1910—#28573
1909—#26868
1908—#25071
1907—#27358
1906—#30246
1905—#27452
1904—#24061
1903—#25352
1902—#24757
1901—#21264
1900—#26261
1899—#23450
1898—#24551
1897—#21859
1896—#23062
1895—#22361
1894—#21163
1893—#24650
1892—#21069
1891—#22351
1890—#21460
1889—#18373
1888—#21964
1887—#18866
1886—#24349
1885—#17476
1884—#17680
1883—#17272
1882—#14892
1881—#15976
1880—#16878
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #148 (92 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1880–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,236
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.2% of all boys named Wiley (2,621) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s726#148 (1882)#183
1890s576#210 (1892)#225
1900s590#212 (1901)#258
1910s1,676#285 (1910)#359
1920s2,621#338 (1921)#365
1930s2,320#324 (1935)#364
1940s2,179#386 (1941)#422
1950s1,735#464 (1950)#557
1960s1,147#663 (1965)#713
1970s700#826 (1970)#1,018
1980s528#1,133 (1980)#1,365
1990s534#1,396 (1991)#1,719
2000s795#1,501 (2006)#1,697
2010s1,199#1,214 (2019)#1,431
2020s1,074#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 1929

boys
#378
230 births · 1 in 4,677 boys

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #378Wiley230
More about 1929

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 4,677 of them was named Wiley, which outranked 91.7% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wiley
  1. #374Gregory237
  2. #376Hollis234
  3. #377Wilburn232
  4. #378Wiley230
  5. #378Armando230
  6. #378Buford230
  7. #378Clement230
  8. #383Adrian228
  9. #384Frankie224
  10. #384Jess224

Tied with 4 names at #378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,188Davey#2,843 → #655
  2. ↑ 554Davie#1,413 → #859
  3. ↑ 374Derald#1,095 → #721
  4. ↑ 358Vernal#1,353 → #995
  5. ↑ 350Ken#1,228 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Adolf#950 → #1,480
  2. ↓ 426Quinton#913 → #1,339
  3. ↓ 349Thornton#963 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 346Verlyn#891 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 346Isidore#891 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1929 →