Wisteria — #9729 US girls' name
80 babies named Wisteria in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
65% of everyone ever named Wisteria was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Wisteria in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wisteria
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Wisteria between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wisteria currently holds the #9729 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wisteria performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wisteria shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wisteria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wisteria 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 80 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.
Wisteria at a glance
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Current rank
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Wisteria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #9729 among girls.
80 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 18 births in a single year.
Wisteria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 52 births that decade — 65% of Wisteria's all-time total
Wisteria decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wisteria's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Wisteria by state
Where Wisteria concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 6 | 7.5% |
6 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 7.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1979–2024 (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.