NameTides

Wisdom

Wisdom was the #1,244 boys' name in the US in 2025 (160 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Wisdom as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Wisdom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Wisdom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,244 (160)#3,256 (6)——
2024#2,637 (50)#3,689 (5)——
2023#2,078 (71)#2,814 (7)——
2022#2,022 (75)#3,450 (5)——
2021#2,349 (58)——#2,061 (8)
2020#2,886 (41)#3,848 (4)—#2,746 (5)
2019#2,464 (54)#3,411 (5)——
2018#2,472 (52)#3,412 (5)——
2017#3,071 (38)#2,734 (7)——
2016#2,726 (44)#3,079 (6)——
2015#2,641 (46)#2,319 (9)——
2014#3,456 (31)#2,459 (8)—#2,667 (5)
2013#2,998 (37)#2,216 (9)——
2012#2,905 (40)#3,039 (6)——
2011#2,852 (41)#2,390 (8)—#2,629 (5)

Wisdom as a girl’s name

  • US
Wisdom as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Wisdom as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#2,778 (61)
2024#3,047 (53)
2023#3,181 (51)
2022#2,894 (58)
2021#4,014 (36)
2020#3,498 (43)
2019#3,499 (44)
2018#3,497 (44)
2017#4,220 (34)
2016#3,523 (44)
2015#3,915 (38)
2014#3,719 (41)
2013#4,336 (33)
2012#4,216 (35)
2011#4,568 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,244.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.
  • In 2025, 28% of US babies named Wisdom were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Wisdom is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wisdom by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #681FL
Wisdom (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WisdomCanadaBoys—too few
WisdomEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
WisdomIrelandBoys—too few
WisdomNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WisdomUSGirls#2,77861
WisdomUSBoys#1,244160