Wriley — #16369 US unisex name
39 babies named Wriley in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Wriley was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Wriley in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wriley
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Wriley between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wriley currently holds the #16369 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Wriley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wriley performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wriley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wriley 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 39 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.
Wriley at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Wriley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #16369 among girls.
39 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 6 births in a single year.
Wriley popularity over time — boys
17 total births recorded since 2010 (Wriley as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Wriley accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Wriley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 22 births that decade — 56% of Wriley's all-time total
Wriley decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wriley's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 2003–2024 (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.