Wagner — #6487 US boys' name
337 babies named Wagner in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Wagner was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Wagner in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wagner
The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Wagner between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wagner currently holds the #6487 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wagner performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Wagner shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wagner in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 337 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Wagner at a glance
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Current rank
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Wagner popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #6487 among boys.
337 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 15 births in a single year.
Wagner by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 87 births that decade — 26% of Wagner's all-time total
Wagner decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Wagner's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.