Unisex name · since 2003
Wriley
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Wriley, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,034 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
44 babies have been named Wriley since 2003, making it today's #16034 unisex name.
Wriley has 44 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16034 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #36,587 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,034 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 44 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wriley ranks #36,587 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,034 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 44 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #36,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,034 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wriley's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wriley compares
44 14th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Wriley's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wriley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wriley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wriley's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wriley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Wriley popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 2010 (Wriley as boys' name)
Wriley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Wriley's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Wriley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wriley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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 Wriley 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.