Unisex name · since 1955
Wander
54 babies named Wander in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1955
- 1960s
- peak decade
Wander sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 1955.
Wander has 54 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1971.
- #34,228 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1955
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wander ranks #34,228 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1955, peaking in the 1960s.
- #34,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1955
- 1960s
- peak decade
Wander's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wander's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wander's SSA record in two at 1963 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wander popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1971
- Peak year (1963)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Wander popularity over time - boys
41 total births recorded since 2019 (Wander as boys' name)
Wander by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (29 births, 54% of the file).
1960s was Wander's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Wander births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
14 births
- 1960s
1960s
29 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 29 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Wander's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 1970s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wander: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wander draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.