Wysdom — #14888 US unisex name
48 babies named Wysdom in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 16% of names given to girls today.
83% of everyone ever named Wysdom was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Wysdom in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wysdom
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Wysdom between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wysdom currently holds the #14888 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Wysdom is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wysdom performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wysdom shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wysdom 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 48 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.
Wysdom at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Wysdom popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #14888 among girls.
48 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 11 births in a single year.
Wysdom popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 2019 (Wysdom as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Wysdom accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Wysdom by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 40 births that decade — 83% of Wysdom's all-time total
Wysdom decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wysdom's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
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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, 2019–2024 (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.