Wylie
#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · #1,176 for boys in 2025, 175 births
Given to boys 88.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,073since 1880
Wylie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,645 | 65 | #1,176 | 175 |
| 2024 | #2,694 | 64 | #1,224 | 164 |
| 2023 | #3,140 | 52 | #1,547 | 113 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #1,440 | 126 |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | #1,280 | 148 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | #1,698 | 93 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | #1,593 | 103 |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | #1,455 | 117 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #1,628 | 98 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #1,931 | 75 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #1,714 | 88 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #1,851 | 77 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #1,756 | 85 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #2,077 | 64 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #1,924 | 73 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #2,010 | 69 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #1,874 | 77 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #2,337 | 55 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #1,919 | 70 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #2,399 | 48 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #2,419 | 46 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #2,238 | 48 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #2,196 | 45 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #2,157 | 42 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | — | #2,115 | 40 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,626 | 28 | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,208 | 23 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,505 | 35 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,348 | 39 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #1,289 | 42 |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,116 | 44 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,360 | 32 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,303 | 37 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,300 | 36 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,171 | 42 |
| 1955 | — | #1,091 | 47 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,333 | 32 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,182 | 39 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1945 | — | #884 | 51 | |
| 1944 | — | #906 | 49 | |
| 1943 | — | #933 | 51 | |
| 1942 | — | #958 | 48 | |
| 1941 | — | #839 | 57 | |
| 1940 | — | #893 | 50 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #846 | 54 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #811 | 57 |
| 1935 | — | #790 | 61 | |
| 1934 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #885 | 56 | |
| 1929 | — | #815 | 63 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,111 | 40 | |
| 1927 | — | #964 | 52 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,010 | 47 | |
| 1925 | — | #909 | 55 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #797 | 71 |
| 1923 | — | #913 | 56 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,002 | 49 | |
| 1920 | — | #853 | 63 | |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #889 | 56 | |
| 1917 | — | #892 | 51 | |
| 1916 | — | #888 | 50 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #855 | 40 | |
| 1913 | — | #818 | 34 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #558 | 22 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wylie was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 48 spots since 2024 (#1,224 → #1,176)
- 639 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #1,176)
- 755 spots since 2015 (#1,931 → #1,176)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1907 (#1,111 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 519 spots in 1906 (#592 → #1,111)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #438 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,522
- Highest: 1 in 6,522 boys born in 1895 were named Wylie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,760 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #438 in 1887, was only 1 in 6,761 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 14.4% of all boys named Wylie (873) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #438 (1887) | #560 |
| 1890s | 101 | #476 (1895) | #666 |
| 1900s | 116 | #558 (1909) | #755 |
| 1910s | 406 | #729 (1910) | #838 |
| 1920s | 549 | #797 (1924) | #933 |
| 1930s | 528 | #790 (1935) | #872 |
| 1940s | 481 | #839 (1941) | #971 |
| 1950s | 385 | #1,037 (1950) | #1,224 |
| 1960s | 317 | #1,116 (1966) | #1,409 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,289 (1971) | #1,774 |
| 1980s | 251 | #1,695 (1980) | #2,265 |
| 1990s | 306 | #2,115 (1996) | #2,555 |
| 2000s | 545 | #1,874 (2008) | #2,203 |
| 2010s | 873 | #1,455 (2017) | #1,763 |
| 2020s | 808 | #1,176 (2025) | #1,414 |
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.
Wylie in 1929
boys
#815
63 births · 1 in 17,073 boys
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 17,073 of them was named Wylie, which outranked 82.1% 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).