Wildred

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Wildred has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Wildred, 1932

1 in 422,000

Wildred over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Wildred over time

In 1932, Wildred went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19171932

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

How common is Wildred?

Wildred had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1932, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1932
1 in 422,000
5 of 2,111,250 births
Among girls only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1932
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
292,683 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Wildred sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1932 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 292,683 children born in 1932 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wildred. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wildreds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wildred was born before 1921 — so the typical Wildred is around 104 today.

Median birth year
1921
About 104 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
45.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
0
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1910s — 45.2% of all recorded uses (14).

Is Wildred rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1919 (9)
Years since peak
106
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#3,445
1919

Spellings of Wildred

Wildred is not the most common spelling — Mildred is, with 99.3% against Wildred's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Wildred by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,445
1919
Peak year
1919
9 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
1932
All-time count
31
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#4,943
1924
Peak year
1924
5 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
1924
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Wildred

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Sibling names for Wildred

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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