Wyman — #9904 US boys' name
3,066 babies named Wyman in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
16% of everyone ever named Wyman was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Wyman in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wyman
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,066 babies named Wyman between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wyman currently holds the #9904 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wyman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 479 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Wyman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 231 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Wyman in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wyman 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 3,066 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.
Wyman at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wyman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1898
- Peak year (1922)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
Currently ranks #9904 among boys.
3,066 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 63 births in a single year.
Wyman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 479 births that decade — 16% of Wyman's all-time total
Wyman decade highlights
- Peak decade 479 births
- Runner-up 463 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Wyman's strongest decade
479 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Wyman by state
Where Wyman concentrates geographically — total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 231 | 7.5% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 206 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 87 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 30 | 1.0% |
| #5 | California | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Texas | | 7 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 7 | 0.2% |
231 of 3,066 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 7.5% of nationwide
- South Carolina 6.7% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.0% of nationwide
- California 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Wyman appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1898–2024 (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.