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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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 1994

boys
#1,868
45 births · 1 in 42,934 boys

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,868Wiley45
More about 1994

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 42,934 of them was named Wiley, which outranked 81.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wiley
  1. #1,851Tyrik46
  2. #1,851Tyshon46
  3. #1,851Zebulon46
  4. #1,868Wiley45
  5. #1,868Braylon45
  6. #1,868Camryn45
  7. #1,868Daquon45
  8. #1,894Aram44
  9. #1,894Avrohom44
  10. #1,894Brando44

Tied with 25 names at #1,868; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →