Wick — #12465 US boys' name
36 babies named Wick in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Wick was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Wick in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wick
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Wick between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wick currently holds the #12465 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wick performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wick shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wick 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 36 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.
Wick at a glance
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Current rank
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Wick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1918
- Peak year (2017)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
Currently ranks #12465 among boys.
36 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 8 births in a single year.
Wick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 13 births that decade — 36% of Wick's all-time total
Wick decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Wick's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1918–2024 (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.