Wirt

Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,290

Peak · boys
1881 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
286
since 1881

Wirt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wirt has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #653, 1881boys
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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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1959#3,2907
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1955#3,8865
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1951#3,3646
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1948#3,6685
1947
1946#3,5255
1945#2,9966
1944#3,4305
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1938#3,5345
1937
1936#3,1476
1935#2,5299
1934#2,9737
1933
1932#3,3616
1931#3,3906
1930#3,5926
1929#3,5596
1928
1927#2,29813
1926#2,9049
1925#2,31313
1924#2,34713
1923#3,1758
1922#2,80110
1921#2,05916
1920#1,88518
1919#3,1158
1918#4,1795
1917#2,56210
1916#2,25912
1915#2,07013
1914#2,6517
1913#2,4966
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1894#1,0745
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1887#9215
1886#7587
1885#9365
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1882#9435
1881#6538
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Wirt! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wirt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
  • Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1886 (#936#758)
  • Biggest drop: 290 spots in 1882 (#653#943)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #653 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1885–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,592
  • Highest: 1 in 12,592 boys born in 1881 were named Wirt (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 304,931 boys born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 37.1% of all boys named Wirt (106) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30#653 (1881)#842
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s0
1910s61#2,070 (1915)#2,762
1920s106#1,885 (1920)#2,593
1930s45#2,529 (1935)#3,218
1940s21#2,996 (1945)#3,405
1950s18#3,290 (1959)#3,513

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.

Wirt in 1926

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#2,904
9 births · 1 in 123,389 boys

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #2,904Wirt9
More about 1926

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 123,389 of them was named Wirt, which outranked 40.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wirt
  1. #2,725Wesly10
  2. #2,725Worley10
  3. #2,725Zenas10
  4. #2,904Wirt9
  5. #2,904Abbie9
  6. #2,904Abie9
  7. #2,904Abron9
  8. #3,139Adolphe8
  9. #3,139Alen8
  10. #3,139Algird8

Tied with 234 names at #2,904; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926