Wyeth — #10067 US boys' name
365 babies named Wyeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Wyeth was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Wyeth in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wyeth
The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Wyeth between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wyeth currently holds the #10067 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wyeth performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Wyeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wyeth in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wyeth 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 365 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.
Wyeth at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wyeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (2009)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #10067 among boys.
365 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 17 births in a single year.
Wyeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 126 births that decade — 35% of Wyeth's all-time total
Wyeth decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Wyeth's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Wyeth by state
Where Wyeth concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 365 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1969–2024 (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.