Girls' name · since 1914
Wylene
Wylene has 980 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 980
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Wylene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 980 have been recorded since 1914.
Wylene has 980 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1985.
- #7,632 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 980 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wylene ranks #7,632 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 980 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #7,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 980
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Wylene's 980 recorded births place it above 89.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Wylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wylene's full recorded timeline at 1943, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1985
- Peak year (1935)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Wylene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (232 births, 24% of the file).
1930s was Wylene's strongest decade.
232 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Wylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 57
1910s
57 births
- 1920s
1920s
165 births
- 1930s
1930s
232 births
- 1940s
1940s
211 births
- 1950s
1950s
199 births
- 1960s
1960s
93 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 232 births (24% of all-time use).
How Wylene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Wylene's total volume
Wylene by state
Where Wylene concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
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What to do with Wylene's data
- Wylene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (232 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Wylenes (446 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wylene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1914–1985 (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 Wylene 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.