Wilder
Rank in 2025
#3517
recorded as girls
#429
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
786
girls 43 · boys 743
Peak year
2021
890 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
8,835
since 1914
Born a Wilder? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Wilder was most popular in 2021, when 890 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.51 per 1,000). In 2025, 743 babies were named Wilder, ranking #429 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 31%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 3517 | 743 | 429 |
| 2024 | 49 | 3225 | 836 | 390 |
| 2023 | 51 | 3181 | 755 | 421 |
| 2022 | 89 | 2142 | 867 | 374 |
| 2021 | 88 | 2131 | 890 | 366 |
| 2020 | 72 | 2416 | 695 | 426 |
| 2019 | 47 | 3337 | 601 | 485 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3050 | 540 | 527 |
| 2017 | 33 | 4304 | 477 | 572 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3923 | 338 | 726 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5833 | 215 | 958 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10129 | 134 | 1313 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | 127 | 1340 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 93 | 1657 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 62 | 2129 |
| 2010 | 5 | 16992 | 65 | 2069 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | 38 | 3045 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13832 | 59 | 2237 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 56 | 2304 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 37 | 2979 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 33 | 3091 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 45 | 2452 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 26 | 3443 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 25 | 3450 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 28 | 3143 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 19 | 4066 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 24 | 3279 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 20 | 3597 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 13 | 4668 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 16 | 4022 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 13 | 4508 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 20 | 3246 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 14 | 4114 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 14 | 3971 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 13 | 4017 |
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| 1987 | <5 | — | 7 | 5459 |
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| 1985 | <5 | — | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 6 | 5619 |
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| 1980 | <5 | — | 5 | 6250 |
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| 1972 | <5 | — | 5 | 4986 |
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| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 3935 |
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| 1952 | <5 | — | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 5 | 3681 |
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| 1946 | <5 | — | 8 | 2690 |
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| 1942 | <5 | — | 7 | 2940 |
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| 1937 | <5 | — | 11 | 2197 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 9 | 2452 |
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| 1931 | <5 | — | 6 | 3390 |
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| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4725 | 8 | 3076 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 6 | 3780 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4973 | 7 | 3408 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4376 | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 8 | 3252 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 5 | 4168 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | 10 | 2699 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 8 | 2956 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 6 | 3516 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 9 | 2621 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 9 | 2271 |
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Where Wilder is most popular
- Maine4.8×
- New Hampshire2.8×
- Tennessee2.4×
- Idaho2.3×
- Oregon2.2×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 7% · boys 93% across all years