Wonder — #6953 US unisex name
252 babies named Wonder in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Wonder was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Wonder in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wonder
The Social Security Administration has registered 252 babies named Wonder between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wonder currently holds the #6953 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Wonder is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wonder performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wonder shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wonder 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 252 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.
Wonder at a glance
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Current rank
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Wonder popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #6953 among girls.
252 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Wonder popularity over time — boys
15 total births recorded since 2019 (Wonder as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Wonder accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Wonder by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 83 births that decade — 33% of Wonder's all-time total
Wonder decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Wonder's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1951–2024 (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.