Wright — #4190 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wright

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,615 babies named Wright between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wright currently holds the #4190 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wright performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wright shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Wright in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wright 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 1,615 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.