Wrangler — #3732 US boys' name
321 babies named Wrangler in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Wrangler was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Wrangler in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wrangler
The Social Security Administration has registered 321 babies named Wrangler between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wrangler currently holds the #3732 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wrangler performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wrangler shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wrangler in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wrangler 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 321 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.
Wrangler at a glance
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Current rank
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Wrangler popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #3732 among boys.
321 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 30 births in a single year.
Wrangler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 119 births that decade — 37% of Wrangler's all-time total
Wrangler decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Wrangler's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Wrangler by state
Where Wrangler concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 3.1% |
10 of 321 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2024 (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.