Girls' name · since 1979
Wisteria
Wisteria has 99 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,280 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,184 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
99 babies have been named Wisteria since 1979, making it today's #6184 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Wisteria recorded 99 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #6184 nationally today, ahead of 64% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #27,280 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,184 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 99 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wisteria ranks #27,280 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,184 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 99 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,280 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,184 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wisteria's 99 recorded births place it above 62.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Wisteria compares
99 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Wisteria's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wisteria | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 99 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wisteria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wisteria's full recorded timeline at 2021, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wisteria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Wisteria by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (71 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Wisteria's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Wisteria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 71 births (72% 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 | 6.1% |
6 of 99 births nationwide.
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What to do with Wisteria's data
- North Carolina records the most Wisterias (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wisteria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wisteria draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.