Wylie Boy & girl
How popular is Wylie?
#1,176 boy name in 2025
175 baby boys were named Wylie in the US in 2025, making it the 1176th most popular boy name. Another 65 girls got the name (#2,645 for girls).
Wylie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,176 for boys (▲ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 175 boys, 65 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+133% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,931 in 2015, #1,815 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (175 boys) |
| Highest rank | #438 in 1887 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 72% boys, 28% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Wylie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Willie family of names ranked #534 for boys in 2025 (#537 the year before), with 548 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Willie | 147 | 27% |
| Wiley | 165 | 30% |
| Wylie | 175 | 32% |
| Willy | 27 | 5% |
| Wylee | 28 | 5% |
| Wyley | 6 | 1% |
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 Wylie is most popular
Babies named Wylie per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oklahoma: 0.4 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Montana: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 boys)
Wylie by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #438 |
| 1890s | 101 | #476 |
| 1900s | 116 | #558 |
| 1910s | 406 | #729 |
| 1920s | 549 | #797 |
| 1930s | 528 | #790 |
| 1940s | 481 | #839 |
| 1950s | 385 | #1,036 |
| 1960s | 317 | #1,116 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,289 |
| 1980s | 251 | #1,695 |
| 1990s | 306 | #2,110 |
| 2000s | 545 | #1,874 |
| 2010s | 873 | #1,455 |
| 2020s | 808 | #1,176 |
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Questions
- Is Wylie a boy or girl name?
- Wylie is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 72% of babies named Wylie were boys and 28% were girls.
- How popular is the name Wylie?
- 175 baby boys were named Wylie in the US in 2025, making it the 1176th most popular boy name. Another 65 girls got the name (#2,645 for girls).
- When was Wylie most popular?
- Wylie peaked in 2025, when 175 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #438 in 1887.
- How many people are named Wylie?
- 6,865 babies have been named Wylie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,636 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Wylie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wylie was most common in Oklahoma, at 0.4 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.