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Wheeler: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 33 in 2025. Its best rank was #392 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #392 in 1899; #3,507 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wheeler in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,507 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #392.
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Wheeler: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 33 boys in 2025. Peak: #392 in 1899 · most boys in one year: 45 (2024).
In 2025, 33 US boys were named Wheeler, making it the 3,507th most common boys’ name of the year, down 638 places from #2,869 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 45 boys named Wheeler in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #392, reached in 1899. The most boys given the name in a single year was 45, in 2024. For comparison, it was #5,049 in 2015 and #1,745 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wheeler in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 13 babies. In all, 1,921 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 287 babies named Wheeler.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 313 US boys were named Wheeler; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 45. In 2025 that was about 1 in 51,760 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 33 | #3,507 |
| 2024 | — | — | 45 | #2,869 |
| 2023 | — | — | 38 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | — | — | 34 | #3,459 |
| 2021 | — | — | 33 | #3,491 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,440 |
| 2019 | — | — | 37 | #3,191 |
| 2018 | — | — | 34 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | — | — | 22 | #4,584 |
| 2016 | — | — | 20 | #4,931 |
| 2015 | — | — | 19 | #5,049 |
| 2014 | — | — | 21 | #4,692 |
| 2013 | — | — | 16 | #5,638 |
| 2012 | — | — | 17 | #5,469 |
| 2011 | — | — | 17 | #5,417 |
| 2010 | — | — | 17 | #5,464 |
| 2009 | — | — | 19 | #5,089 |
| 2008 | — | — | 14 | #6,376 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #10,865 |
| 2006 | — | — | 7 | #10,608 |
| 2005 | — | — | 6 | #11,410 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,797 |
| 2003 | — | — | 11 | #6,697 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,616 |
| 2001 | — | — | 10 | #6,914 |
| 2000 | — | — | 7 | #9,087 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,514 |
| 1998 | — | — | 8 | #7,526 |
| 1996 | — | — | 12 | #5,176 |
| 1994 | — | — | 14 | #4,527 |
| 1993 | — | — | 9 | #6,204 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,856 |
| 1990 | — | — | 8 | #6,390 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #8,109 |
| 1986 | — | — | 5 | #7,787 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,764 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,538 |
| 1982 | — | — | 6 | #6,365 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #7,047 |
| 1978 | — | — | 9 | #4,149 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,834 |
| 1976 | — | — | 5 | #6,480 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #5,082 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,423 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,276 |
| 1968 | — | — | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1966 | — | — | 7 | #3,533 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,919 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #4,033 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,850 |
| 1962 | — | — | 13 | #2,361 |
| 1960 | — | — | 9 | #3,073 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,816 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,810 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,489 |
| 1956 | — | — | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | — | — | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1954 | — | — | 5 | #4,351 |
| 1953 | — | — | 16 | #2,035 |
| 1952 | — | — | 13 | #2,247 |
| 1951 | — | — | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | — | — | 19 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | — | — | 9 | #2,798 |
| 1948 | — | — | 15 | #2,024 |
| 1947 | — | — | 18 | #1,848 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1945 | — | — | 14 | #1,924 |
| 1944 | — | — | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | — | — | 20 | #1,633 |
| 1942 | — | — | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1941 | — | — | 17 | #1,755 |
| 1940 | — | — | 24 | #1,396 |
| 1939 | — | — | 21 | #1,486 |
| 1938 | — | — | 17 | #1,740 |
| 1937 | — | — | 17 | #1,753 |
| 1936 | — | — | 12 | #2,179 |
| 1935 | — | — | 9 | #2,715 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,854 |
| 1933 | — | — | 24 | #1,403 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,845 |
| 1931 | — | — | 20 | #1,640 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,817 |
| 1929 | — | — | 30 | #1,311 |
| 1928 | — | — | 30 | #1,352 |
| 1927 | — | — | 22 | #1,690 |
| 1926 | — | — | 26 | #1,465 |
| 1925 | — | — | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1924 | — | — | 25 | #1,575 |
| 1923 | — | — | 25 | #1,547 |
| 1922 | — | — | 27 | #1,469 |
| 1921 | — | — | 32 | #1,328 |
| 1920 | — | — | 39 | #1,154 |
| 1919 | — | — | 29 | #1,349 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,563 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | — | — | 33 | #1,202 |
| 1916 | — | — | 41 | #1,011 |
| 1915 | — | — | 30 | #1,216 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,866 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,310 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,221 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,529 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,042 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #713 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,089 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #925 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,228 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #907 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #861 |
| 1900 | — | — | 12 | #783 |
| 1899 | — | — | 23 | #392 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #608 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,222 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #978 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,230 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,122 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #644 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,063 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #692 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #933 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #660 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #554 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #834 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #524 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).