NameTides

Wylder

Wylder was the #669 boys' name in the US in 2025 (407 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #729 in Canada.

Wylder as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wylder 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Wylder 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#669 (407)#1,897 (13)#729 (37)
2024#677 (403)#2,264 (10)#697 (38)
2023#718 (370)#1,800 (13)#819 (30)
2022#855 (283)#3,450 (5)#1,092 (20)
2021#973 (229)#3,017 (6)#673 (40)
2020#1,209 (156)—#1,071 (20)
2019#1,347 (133)#3,013 (6)#1,375 (14)
2018#1,375 (128)#3,412 (5)#1,682 (10)
2017#1,518 (109)#4,812 (3)#1,720 (10)
2016#1,975 (73)—#1,234 (16)
2015#2,600 (47)—#2,139 (7)
2014#3,787 (27)——
2013#3,060 (36)——
2012#4,131 (24)——
2011#4,509 (21)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #669.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2005.
  • In 2025, 9% of US babies named Wylder were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 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 4,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wylder is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 4,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wylder by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #412INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #958FL
Wylder (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#90712

Wylder (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
WylderCanadaGirls—too few
WylderCanadaBoys#72937
WylderEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
WylderNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WylderNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WylderUSGirls#3,64541
WylderUSBoys#669407