Boys' name · since 1917
Wyley
Wyley has 158 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,437 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,805 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Wyley is the #10805 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 158 recorded since 1917.
Wyley has 158 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10805 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #14,437 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,805 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 158 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wyley ranks #14,437 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,805 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 158 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,437 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,805 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Wyley's 158 recorded births place it above 68.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wyley compares
158 34th percentile among 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
Wyley's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wyley | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 158 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wyley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wyley splits its recorded history at 1997: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wyley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Wyley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (33 births, 21% of the file).
2000s was Wyley's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Wyley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
17 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
- 1930s
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 33 births (21% of all-time use).
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- Wyley's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Wyley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Wyley 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.