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Wolfram

#13,797 in 2025Boys' name

Wolf + raven

Wolfram has been given to 58 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #13,797 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Wolfram, 2025

1 in 663,000

Wolfram over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wolfram: meaning, origin, and history

Wolf + raven

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wolfram means

Wolfram means “wolf + raven”, associated with wolf and hraban.

Origin, language, and formation

Wolfram is used in German.

Wolfram comes through Old High German wolf.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 58 boys were recorded with the name Wolfram between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2017; its best national rank was #5,641 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,508 in 2020 to #13,797 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,578 in 2015 to #13,797 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Wolfram?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,797
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Wolfram 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wolfram. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wolframs were born

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

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
58
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 48.3% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Wolfram 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,289
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,219
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
62.5%
Peak was 2017 (8)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,641
1971

Wolfram around the world

Where Wolfram 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
    2020–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • France
    2010–2010
    #5,508
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1962–1969
    #510
    in 1969

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

Wolfram by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,797
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,289
Best rank ever
#5,641
1971
Peak year
2017
8 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
58
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Wolfram

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

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Sibling names for Wolfram

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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