Wylean — girls' name
10 babies named Wylean in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Wylean was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Wylean in 1938 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wylean
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Wylean between 1938 and 1953, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wylean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wylean performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wylean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wylean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wylean 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 10 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.
Wylean at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wylean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1938
- Peak year (1938)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
10 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1938 with 5 births in a single year.
Wylean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Wylean's all-time total
Wylean decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Wylean's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Wylean by state
Where Wylean concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 50.0% |
5 of 10 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 50.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 50.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1938–1953 (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.