Boys' name · since 2003
Wraith
Wraith has 48 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,041 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wraith currently ranks #8041 among boys' names in America, with 48 babies recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Wraith recorded 48 times among boys since 2003, holding rank #8041 nationally today, ahead of 42% of boys, 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 2003 to 2025.
- #22,528 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,041 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 48 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wraith ranks #22,528 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,041 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 48 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,041 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wraith's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wraith compares
48 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Wraith's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wraith | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wraith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wraith splits its recorded history at 2014: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wraith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Wraith by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Wraith's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Wraith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (50% of all-time use).
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Wraith 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.