Wylder Boy
How popular is Wylder?
#669 boy name in 2025
407 baby boys were named Wylder in the US in 2025, making it the 669th most popular boy name. Another 41 girls got the name (#3,644 for girls).
Wylder popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #669 for boys (▲ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 407 boys, 41 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+766% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,599 in 2015, #1,209 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (407 boys) |
| Highest rank | #669 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2005 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 91% boys, 9% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Wylder counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Wilder family of names ranked #294 for boys in 2025 (#278 the year before), with 1,150 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wilder | 743 | 65% |
| Wylder | 407 | 35% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Wylder is most popular
Babies named Wylder per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 0.9 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.9 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Vermont: 0.8 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Wylder by decade
Boy names about as popular as Wylder
Questions
- Is Wylder a boy or girl name?
- Wylder is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Wylder were boys.
- How popular is the name Wylder?
- 407 baby boys were named Wylder in the US in 2025, making it the 669th most popular boy name. Another 41 girls got the name (#3,644 for girls).
- When was Wylder most popular?
- Wylder peaked in 2025, when 407 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #669 in 2025.
- How many people are named Wylder?
- 2,760 babies have been named Wylder in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,751 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Wylder most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wylder was most common in Wyoming, at 0.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.