NameTides

Wolfgang

Wolfgang was the #1,514 boys' name in the US in 2025 (115 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Wolfgang as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wolfgang 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Wolfgang 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,514 (115)#2,269 (10)#1,374 (17)
2024#1,530 (115)#2,444 (9)#1,507 (14)
2023#1,315 (145)#3,524 (5)#1,283 (16)
2022#1,411 (131)#2,166 (10)#1,061 (21)
2021#1,280 (148)#1,782 (13)#1,109 (20)
2020#1,347 (132)#1,825 (12)#1,223 (17)
2019#1,277 (146)#2,104 (10)#1,029 (21)
2018#1,396 (126)#1,610 (15)#835 (28)
2017#1,455 (117)#2,172 (10)#971 (23)
2016#1,450 (119)#2,556 (8)#1,346 (14)
2015#1,475 (113)#3,004 (6)#1,319 (14)
2014#1,657 (93)#2,248 (9)#1,381 (13)
2013#2,009 (68)#4,685 (3)#1,551 (11)
2012#2,049 (67)——
2011#1,738 (84)#2,613 (7)#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,280.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1929.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 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 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wolfgang is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wolfgang 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: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,119CAUtah: 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: #1,347TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Wolfgang (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Wolfgang (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WolfgangCanadaBoys#1,37417
WolfgangEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
WolfgangNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WolfgangUSBoys#1,514115