Wing
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Wing has been given to 188 babies in the U.S. since 1881. 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 1984, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.
Babies named Wing, 1990
1 in 790,000
Wing over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Wing over time
In 1996, Wing went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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 Wing?
Wing had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1990
- 1 in 790,000
- 5 of 3,949,959 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 411,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1990
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 547,582 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Wing sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1990 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 547,582 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wing. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Wings were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Wing was born before 1951 — so the typical Wing is around 74 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 31.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 38.0%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 97
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 31.9% of all recorded uses (53).
Is Wing 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1984 (10)
- Years since peak
- 41
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 16.2% average annual change
Spellings of Wing
Wing is not the most common spelling — Will is, with 25.8% against Wing's 0.09%.
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.
Where Wing is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Wing was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,452,725 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Wing has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Wing is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Wing was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,501,280 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Wing has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Wing around the world
Where Wing ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2024#5,120in 2024
- Scotland1981–1981#276in 1981
- Canada1992–1998#1,953in 1998
- South Australia1977–1998#534in 1998
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Wing by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Wing
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Wing
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.