Wyat — boys' name
199 babies named Wyat in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Wyat was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Wyat in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wyat
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Wyat between 1995 and 2019, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wyat currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wyat performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wyat shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wyat 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 199 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.
Wyat at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wyat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1995
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
199 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 12 births in a single year.
Wyat by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 92 births that decade — 46% of Wyat's all-time total
Wyat decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Wyat's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1995–2019 (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.