Unisex name · since 2019
Wysdom
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 59 babies named Wysdom, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Wysdom is the #9403 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 59 recorded since 2019.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wysdom has been recorded 59 times among girls since 2019, currently ranked #9403 nationally and more common than 46% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #33,175 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,403 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 59 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wysdom ranks #33,175 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,403 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 59 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wysdom's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wysdom compares
59 18th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Wysdom's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wysdom | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 59 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wysdom's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wysdom splits its recorded history at 2022: 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 2022 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wysdom popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Wysdom popularity over time - boys
38 total births recorded since 2019 (Wysdom as boys' name)
Wysdom by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (51 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Wysdom's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Wysdom births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 51 births (86% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~6 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, 2019–2025 (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 Wysdom 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.