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Wisdom

#1,251 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Wise

Wisdom has been given to 2,189 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #1,251 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 160 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.

Babies named Wisdom, 2025

1 in 20,700

Wisdom over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Wisdom over time

In 2025, Wisdom went to 28% girls and 72% boys.

19882025

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.

Wisdom: meaning, origin, and history

Wise

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wisdom means

Wisdom means “wise”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,146 boys were recorded with the name Wisdom between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 160 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,251 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,919 in 2020 to #1,251 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,681 in 2015 to #1,251 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,043 girls were recorded with the name Wisdom between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 61 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,819 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,543 in 2020 to #2,819 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,984 in 2015 to #2,819 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Wisdom?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,700
160 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,251
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,363 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Wisdom sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,363 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wisdom. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wisdoms were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wisdom was born before 2017 — so the typical Wisdom is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
39.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,146
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Choose a decade

2020s — 39.7% of all recorded uses (455).

Is Wisdom 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
+1,422
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,668
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,430
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.48×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (160)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,251
2025

Spellings of Wisdom

Wisdom is not the most common spelling — Isom is, with 60.9% against Wisdom's 39.1%.

  • Isom60.9%1,783
  • Wisdom39.1%1,146

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 Wisdom is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Wisdom was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 33,825 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 14,286
  2. 2Maryland1 in 14,286
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 16,667
  4. 4Florida1 in 20,000
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 25,000
  6. 6New York1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Virginia1 in 50,000

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.

Where Wisdom is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Wisdom was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 422,956 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Indiana1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Tennessee1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 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. Wisdom has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Wisdom around the world

Where Wisdom 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 & Wales
    2000–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2004–2008
    #698
    in 2008
  • France
    2008–2025
    #3,529
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Wisdom by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,251
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,668
Best rank ever
#1,251
2025
Peak year
2025
160 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,146
Count in 2025
160

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,819
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 724
Best rank ever
#2,819
2025
Peak year
2025
61 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,043
Count in 2025
61

Names similar to Wisdom

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Wisdom

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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