Unisex name · since 2005
Wylder
2,513 babies named Wylder in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #671 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,513
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Wylder is the #671 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 2,513 recorded since 2005.
Wylder has 2,513 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #671 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, 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 2005 to 2025.
- #2,860 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #671 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,513 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wylder ranks #2,860 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #671 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,513 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #671 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,513
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wylder's 2,513 recorded births place it above 93.71% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Wylder compares
2,513 Top 19% higher than 81% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Wylder's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wylder | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,513 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 407 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wylder's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wylder splits its recorded history at 2015: 93% of all births land in the more recent half, 7% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 407 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wylder popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 407
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Wylder popularity over time - girls
247 total births recorded since 2015 (Wylder as girls' name)
Wylder by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,848 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Wylder's strongest decade.
1,848 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Wylder births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 609
2010s
609 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,848 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,848 births (74% of all-time use).
How Wylder compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Wylder's total volume
Wylder by state
Where Wylder concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 193 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 175 | 7.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 113 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 104 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 101 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 85 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 79 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 64 | 2.5% |
193 of 2,513 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Wylder appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Wylders (193 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wylder: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Wylder 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.