NameTides

Wolf

Wolf was the #1,886 boys' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Wolf as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Wolf as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Wolf as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,886 (83)#1,613 (16)—#1,443 (16)
2024#1,809 (90)#1,675 (15)—#1,909 (10)
2023#1,774 (91)#1,207 (23)—#1,496 (13)
2022#1,700 (100)#949 (32)—#1,178 (18)
2021#1,597 (107)#1,329 (19)—#1,478 (13)
2020#1,815 (82)#944 (30)#711 (3)#1,382 (14)
2019#1,777 (87)#1,655 (14)—#1,530 (12)
2018#1,823 (83)#1,382 (18)—#1,682 (10)
2017#1,918 (75)#1,627 (15)—#1,510 (12)
2016#2,086 (67)#1,498 (17)—#1,988 (8)
2015#2,212 (61)#2,483 (8)—#1,458 (12)
2014#2,492 (50)#2,248 (9)—#2,371 (6)
2013#2,364 (53)#2,954 (6)—#2,086 (7)
2012#4,131 (24)#3,987 (4)——
2011#3,885 (26)——#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,597.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wolf is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wolf 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,478FL
Wolf (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
WolfCanadaBoys#1,44316
WolfEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
WolfNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WolfScotlandBoys—too few
WolfUSBoys#1,88683