NameTides

Wolfe

Wolfe was the #2,833 boys' name in the US in 2025 (44 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales.

Wolfe as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wolfe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Wolfe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,833 (44)#1,538 (17)—
2024#2,715 (48)#1,322 (20)#2,439 (7)
2023#2,895 (43)#1,533 (16)#2,614 (6)
2022#2,563 (53)#1,143 (24)#2,493 (6)
2021#3,021 (40)#1,516 (16)#1,478 (13)
2020#2,586 (49)#1,825 (12)#1,838 (9)
2019#2,808 (44)#1,316 (19)#2,756 (5)
2018#3,373 (33)#1,991 (11)#2,403 (6)
2017#3,378 (33)#3,040 (6)#1,720 (10)
2016#3,596 (30)#3,079 (6)#1,831 (9)
2015#7,066 (11)—#2,139 (7)
2014#5,997 (14)#2,690 (7)#2,667 (5)
2013#7,026 (11)—#2,086 (7)
2012#5,256 (17)——
2011#9,600 (7)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,563.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 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 38,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Wolfe is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 45,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wolfe 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: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #1,582CAUtah: 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: 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: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Wolfe (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
WolfeCanadaBoys—too few
WolfeEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
WolfeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WolfeUSBoys#2,83344