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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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.
See more about Wylie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #438 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1898
- 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
- 14.4% of all boys named Wylie (873) were born in this decade
- 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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 148,133 of them was named Wylie, which outranked 53.5% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,701Zuriel13
- #8,701Zyair13
- #8,701Zyann13
- #9,231Wylie12
- #9,231Aamani12
- #9,231Aasiya12
- #9,231Abeer12
- #9,790Aasha11
- #9,790Abbigal11
- #9,790Abri11
Tied with 558 names at #9,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 26,283 of them was named Wylie, which outranked 86.5% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,913Mckinley74
- #1,913Nery74
- #1,913Trysten74
- #1,924Wylie73
- #1,924Aeden73
- #1,924Antoni73
- #1,924Braydan73
- #1,940Brylan72
- #1,940Donavon72
- #1,940Jade72
Tied with 15 names at #1,924; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.