Wolfgang — #1528 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wolfgang

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,104 babies named Wolfgang between 1929 and 2024, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wolfgang currently holds the #1528 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 148 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wolfgang performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,002 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Wolfgang shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 456 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Wolfgang in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wolfgang 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 3,104 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.