Wheeler — #2828 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wheeler

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,883 babies named Wheeler between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wheeler currently holds the #2828 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wheeler performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 287 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wheeler shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Wheeler in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wheeler 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 1,883 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.