Wirt — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wirt

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Wirt between 1881 and 1959, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wirt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wirt performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Wirt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wirt in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wirt 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 286 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.