Boys' name · since 2019
Wyld
25 babies named Wyld in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,402 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
25 boys have been named Wyld since 2019, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Wyld has 25 recorded births among boys since 2019, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2019 to 2024.
- #27,402 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wyld ranks #27,402 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,402 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wyld's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wyld's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wyld's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wyld popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Wyld by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Wyld's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Wyld births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (76% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wyld: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
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, 2019–2024 (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 Wyld 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.