Wylodean — girls' name
77 babies named Wylodean in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Wylodean was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Wylodean in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wylodean
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Wylodean between 1920 and 1937, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wylodean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wylodean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wylodean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wylodean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wylodean 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 77 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.
Wylodean at a glance
Last recorded 1937Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wylodean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1920
- Peak year (1931)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1937.
77 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 12 births in a single year.
Wylodean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 39 births that decade — 51% of Wylodean's all-time total
Wylodean decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Wylodean's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Wylodean by state
Where Wylodean concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 6.5% |
5 of 77 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 6.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1920–1937 (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.