Wheeler
Wheeler was given to 33 boys in 2025, #3,506 among boys’ names; 1,921 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wheeler by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Wheeler?
#3,506 among boys’ names, 2025
Wheeler rose from #5,047 in 2015 to #3,506 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 9.9 to 19.3 per million.
45 babies in 2024, the peak
Wheeler peaked in 2024, when 45 boys were given it, #2,869 among boys’ names. The 33 births of 2025 are 73% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,506 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,869 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,224 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,457 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,488 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,436 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,188 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,365 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,580 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,929 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #5,047 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,688 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,634 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,463 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,413 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,461 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 19 | #5,087 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,371 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #10,859 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #10,601 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 6 | #11,402 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,791 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,690 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,609 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,907 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #9,079 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,508 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,518 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #5,169 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,521 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #6,198 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,849 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,383 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 5 | #8,102 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #7,781 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,759 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,534 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,363 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #7,045 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 9 | #4,147 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #6,832 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,478 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 6 | #5,080 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,421 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,274 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 6 | #4,121 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,532 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,918 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 6 | #4,032 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,849 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,360 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 9 | #3,072 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,815 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,809 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,488 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,089 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,299 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 5 | #4,350 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,034 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,246 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,772 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,744 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,797 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,023 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,847 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,756 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,923 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,681 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,632 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,942 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,755 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,396 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,179 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,715 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,854 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,403 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,845 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,640 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,690 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,575 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,469 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,154 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,646 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,202 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,865 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,221 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,528 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,041 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 16 | #713 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,215 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,088 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 9 | #924 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,227 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 8 | #907 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 9 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 12 | #782 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 23 | #392 | 0.22 |
| 1898 | 14 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,221 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 7 | #977 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,229 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,121 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 11 | #644 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 9 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 6 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 10 | #660 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 12 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 7 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 13 | #524 | 0.12 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wheeler a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wheeler has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 124 years of records.
Girls and boys named Wheeler: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wheeler, and how old are they?
An estimated 884 Americans named Wheeler and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (46% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 7 and 58. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 827 people named Wheeler (56 women and girls, 771 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 772 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wheeler
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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