Wright

#4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births

Peak · boys
1899 · 14 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,639
since 1880

Wright over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wright has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #521, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,24924
2024#4,20025
2023#4,22025
2022#3,87928
2021#5,56216
2020#4,27523
2019#5,55516
2018#5,77015
2017#3,67829
2016#6,05314
2015#6,32413
2014#8,7818
2013#6,24113
2012#5,48216
2011#7,00911
2010#10,7666
2009#6,80212
2008#9,0198
2007
2006#7,42710
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001#6,9359
2000
1999#9,9125
1998
1997
1996#7,9716
1995#5,50110
1994#5,8689
1993
1992#6,1288
1991#7,2716
1990
1989#6,9416
1988#7,2705
1987#4,9688
1986
1985#5,1477
1984#5,5616
1983#5,4846
1982#5,6196
1981#5,4686
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976#4,9356
1975#5,4645
1974
1973#3,4459
1972#3,15210
1971
1970#2,62113
1969#3,5957
1968#2,9079
1967#3,2317
1966#2,46511
1965#2,9828
1964#2,8549
1963#2,53911
1962#2,67310
1961#3,0978
1960#2,12115
1959#2,66310
1958#2,37012
1957#2,63110
1956#2,36112
1955#2,30212
1954#2,31612
1953#2,9058
1952#2,6809
1951#2,13513
1950#1,81517
1949#1,70219
1948#2,21812
1947#1,85017
1946#2,5349
1945#2,24210
1944#1,81015
1943#1,83316
1942#2,38610
1941#1,90314
1940#1,43322
1939#1,95813
1938#2,18511
1937#2,9057
1936#1,87214
1935#1,70817
1934#1,93214
1933#1,64418
1932#1,92215
1931#1,42724
1930#2,07914
1929#1,93316
1928#1,52224
1927#1,51625
1926#2,07415
1925#1,39028
1924#1,45827
1923#1,35829
1922#1,54524
1921#1,36030
1920#1,64222
1919#1,35128
1918#1,82718
1917#1,43724
1916#1,26528
1915#1,08235
1914#1,07328
1913#1,20518
1912#1,00021
1911#98212
1910#1,04510
1909#80413
1908#1,2176
1907#77812
1906
1905#1,0027
1904#9667
1903#9107
1902#1,1375
1901#7798
1900#1,0507
1899#52114
1898#8048
1897#68110
1896#1,1015
1895
1894#7878
1893#65010
1892#57213
1891#59710
1890#8846
1889#8786
1888#7558
1887#8196
1886#9595
1885#6419
1884#7018
1883#59710
1882
1881#8665
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wright was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wright
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 49 spots since 2024 (#4,200#4,249)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#4,275#4,249)
  • 2,075 spots since 2015 (#6,324#4,249)
  • Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1897 (#1,101#681)
  • Biggest drop: 529 spots in 1900 (#521#1,050)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #521 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1883–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,587
  • Highest: 1 in 7,587 boys born in 1899 were named Wright (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.6% of all boys named Wright (240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#597 (1883)#792
1890s84#521 (1899)#733
1900s72#778 (1907)#960
1910s222#982 (1911)#1,227
1920s240#1,358 (1923)#1,580
1930s147#1,427 (1931)#1,963
1940s144#1,433 (1940)#1,991
1950s115#1,815 (1950)#2,418
1960s95#2,121 (1960)#2,846
1970s43#2,621 (1970)#3,923
1980s50#4,968 (1987)#5,807
1990s44#5,501 (1995)#7,109
2000s39#6,802 (2009)#7,546
2010s141#3,678 (2017)#6,566
2020s141#3,879 (2022)#4,398

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.

Wright in 1893

boys
#650
10 births · 1 in 11,232 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #650Wright10
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 11,232 of them was named Wright, which outranked 44.9% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wright
  1. #615Vernie11
  2. #615Wendell11
  3. #615West11
  4. #650Wright10
  5. #650Alford10
  6. #650Alma10
  7. #650Angus10
  8. #705Addison9
  9. #705Adlai9
  10. #705Barry9

Tied with 54 names at #650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893