Wing

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to boys 88.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
166
since 1881

Wing over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #8,153, 1984peak #866, 1881girlsboys
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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996#13,5185
1995
1994
1993#13,4425
1992
1991
1990#8,1175
1989#7,9055
1988#5,7517
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#4,3339
1984#8,1537#3,92510
1983
1982#4,2349
1981#4,5098
1980
1979
1978
1977#9,6525
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972#4,9865
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963#4,0485
1962
1961#4,0655
1960#4,0385
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953#3,7985
1952
1951#3,3646
1950#2,7708
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929#3,9595
1928
1927
1926
1925#3,4087
1924#3,8676
1923#3,8226
1922#3,2528
1921
1920#4,2865
1919
1918
1917#3,5456
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906#1,1116
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#1,0355
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Wing! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wing
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,147
  • Highest: 1 in 20,147 boys born in 1881 were named Wing (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 410,808 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 31.9% of all boys named Wing (53) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1993
  • Mostly boys until 1992, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#866 (1881)#866
1890s15#1,035 (1893)#1,074
1900s6#1,111 (1906)#1,111
1910s6#3,545 (1917)#3,545
1920s37#3,252 (1922)#3,766
1930s0
1940s0
1950s19#2,770 (1950)#3,311
1960s15#4,038 (1960)#4,050
1970s5#4,986 (1972)#4,986
1980s53#3,925 (1984)#5,340
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117

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.

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