Wise — #7270 US boys' name
131 babies named Wise in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Wise was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Wise in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wise
The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Wise between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wise currently holds the #7270 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wise performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Wise shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wise 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 131 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.
Wise at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Wise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #7270 among boys.
131 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 16 births in a single year.
Wise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 41% of Wise's all-time total
Wise decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wise's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1916–2024 (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.