Wright
Wright was given to 24 boys in 2025, #4,382 among boys’ names; 1,639 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wright by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Wright?
#4,382 among boys’ names, 2025
Wright rose from #6,654 in 2015 to #4,382 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 6.8 to 14.1 per million.
35 babies in 1915, the peak
Wright peaked in 1915, when 35 boys were given it, #1,099 among boys’ names. The 24 births of 2025 are 69% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,382 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,314 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,331 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,983 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,759 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,411 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,790 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #6,019 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,766 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,325 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #6,654 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #9,586 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,581 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,703 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,469 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #12,142 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 12 | #7,207 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,826 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,966 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,501 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #11,549 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 6 | #8,974 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,907 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,344 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,657 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #8,202 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,877 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #8,456 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,435 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,762 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #6,292 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #6,211 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,370 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #6,246 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,572 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 5 | #6,315 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,686 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,338 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,735 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,927 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,105 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,552 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,625 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,240 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 9 | #3,044 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,667 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,846 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,349 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,207 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,817 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,503 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,819 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,494 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,432 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,443 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 8 | #3,138 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,870 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,244 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,877 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,752 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,324 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,913 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,685 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,391 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,888 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,908 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,519 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,995 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,470 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,048 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,322 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,172 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,963 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,754 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,019 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,706 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,992 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,457 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,177 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,001 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,560 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,184 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,423 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,693 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,383 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,901 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,300 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,253 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,116 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 13 | #839 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,368 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 12 | #813 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,089 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,007 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,316 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 8 | #856 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,159 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 14 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 8 | #882 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 10 | #723 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,262 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 8 | #855 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 10 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 13 | #595 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 10 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 6 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 6 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 8 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 6 | #919 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 9 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 8 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 10 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 5 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,055 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wright a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wright has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Wright: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wright, and how old are they?
An estimated 676 Americans named Wright and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 8 and 65. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 920 people named Wright (129 women and girls, 791 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 614 born in the U.S. The Census count is 50% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wright
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Wright and names like it
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