Wilde — #7118 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wilde

The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Wilde between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wilde currently holds the #7118 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Wilde is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 2020.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilde performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wilde shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wilde in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilde 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 142 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.