NameTides

Wylie

Wylie was the #1,176 boys' name in the US in 2025 (175 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Wylie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wylie 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Wylie 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#1,176 (175)#5,137 (3)#1,642 (13)
2024#1,224 (164)—#1,764 (11)
2023#1,547 (113)#4,108 (4)#1,592 (12)
2022#1,440 (126)—#1,895 (9)
2021#1,280 (148)—#1,761 (10)
2020#1,815 (82)—#2,013 (8)
2019#1,698 (93)—#1,998 (8)
2018#1,593 (103)#4,749 (3)#2,176 (7)
2017#1,455 (117)#4,812 (3)#1,510 (12)
2016#1,628 (98)—#1,683 (10)
2015#1,931 (75)#4,747 (3)#2,139 (7)
2014#1,714 (88)—#1,778 (9)
2013#1,851 (77)—#2,086 (7)
2012#1,756 (85)—#2,368 (6)
2011#2,077 (64)——

Wylie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Wylie as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Wylie as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. 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
YearUSCanada
2025#2,645 (65)—
2024#2,694 (64)#2,975 (6)
2023#3,140 (52)—
2022#2,956 (56)—
2021#3,157 (51)—
2020#3,338 (46)—
2019#3,718 (40)#3,266 (5)
2018#4,001 (36)#3,286 (5)
2017#3,996 (37)—
2016#5,130 (26)—
2015#4,725 (29)—
2014#5,993 (21)—
2013#6,729 (18)—
2012#7,804 (15)—
2011#6,564 (19)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1895 at #476.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 27% of US babies named Wylie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,800 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 9,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Wylie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wylie 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: #227MTNorth 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: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #526KYWest 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: #592TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Wylie (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
WylieCanadaGirls—too few
WylieCanadaBoys#1,64213
WylieEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
WylieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WylieNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WylieUSGirls#2,64565
WylieUSBoys#1,176175