Boys' name · since 2022
Wit
Wit has 6 recorded births since 2022 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,872 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
6 boys have been named Wit since 2022, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wit has been recorded 6 times among boys since 2022, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2022.
- #38,872 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 6 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wit ranks #38,872 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,872 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wit's 6 recorded births place it above 14.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2022
- Peak year (2022)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Wit by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Wit's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Wit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~0 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, 2022–2022 (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 Wit 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.