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Wylder

#671 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Wilder

Wylder has been given to 2,760 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #671 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 407 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Wylder, 2025

1 in 8,150

Wylder over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Wylder went to 9% girls and 91% boys.

20052025

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.

Wylder: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Wilder

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wylder means

Wylder is a variant of Wilder.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Wylder → Wilder. The family’s meaning is “wild, untamed, uncontrolled”, recorded in the naming reference for Wilder.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Wilder.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,513 boys were recorded with the name Wylder between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 407 in 2025; its best national rank was #671 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,214 in 2020 to #671 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,638 in 2015 to #671 in 2025.

In the United States, 247 girls were recorded with the name Wylder between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,706 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,543 in 2020 to #3,706 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,791 in 2015 to #3,706 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 Wylder?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,150
407 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,200
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#671
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,647 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Wylder 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 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 5,647 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wylder. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wylders were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wylder was born before 2022 — so the typical Wylder is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
73.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,513
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 73.5% of all recorded uses (1,848).

Is Wylder 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
+8
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+543
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,967
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
8.66×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (407)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#671
2025

Spellings of Wylder

Wylder is not the most common spelling — Walter is, with 43.9% against Wylder's 0.17%.

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 Wylder is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Wylder was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 2,500 boys, against 1 in 8,067 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

240 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in 2,500
  2. 2Wyoming1 in 2,632
  3. 3Vermont1 in 2,778
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 3,030
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 3,125
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 3,571
  7. 7Alabama1 in 4,000
  8. 8Iowa1 in 4,000

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 Wylder is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Wylder was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,829,369 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Wylder has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Wylder around the world

Where Wylder 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
    2017–2025
    #1,897
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2015–2024
    #679
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Wylder by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#671
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 543
Best rank ever
#671
2025
Peak year
2025
407 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,513
Count in 2025
407

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,706
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,837
Best rank ever
#3,706
2025
Peak year
2025
41 that year
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
247
Count in 2025
41

Names similar to Wylder

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

CalderVanderWylieSanderRhyderLanderWylandHaiderElderEnderWilderWyleeNaderEvanderAnderAlderRiderRaiderWylanLeanderEderCarderStryderEider

Names with a curve like Wylder

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Wylder, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JiraiyaAvyaanCrueSevynRhodesKyroKyaireRiggsWaylenKolsonErmiasCassian

Sibling names for Wylder

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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