Meaning not yet researched.
Wiley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 165 in 2025. Its best rank was #150 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #150 in 1882; #1,226 in 2025. About 88% of babies named Wiley in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,226 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #150.
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Wiley: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 165 boys in 2025. Peak: #150 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 304 (1921).
In 2025, 165 US boys were named Wiley, making it the 1,226th most common boys’ name of the year, down 67 places from #1,159 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 181 boys named Wiley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #150, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 304, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,316 in 2015 and #465 in 1950.
In 2025, 23 US girls were named Wiley, making it the 5,545th most common girls’ name of the year, up 55 places from #5,600 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 23 girls named Wiley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,554, reached in 1926. The most girls given the name in a single year was 32, in 2023. For comparison, it was #7,987 in 2015 and #6,092 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wiley in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 78 babies with the name. In all, 18,794 US babies have been given the name, 2.1% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,647 babies named Wiley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,600 US boys were named Wiley; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 197. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,352 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wiley ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #521 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Willy (4,053 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Wylee, Wyley and Wily are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wylee (640), Wyley (158), Wily (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Wiley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 7 | #521 | — |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #549 | — |
| Tennessee | 12 | #636 | #912 |
| North Carolina | 15 | #644 | #709 |
| Oregon | 5 | #702 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | #739 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #762 | #806 |
| Colorado | 5 | #957 | #683 |
| Washington | 6 | #992 | — |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,017 | — |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,212 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,242 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,256 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,465 | #1,371 |
| California | 8 | #1,980 | #1,628 |
| Texas | 8 | #2,069 | #1,637 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,545 | 165 | #1,226 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,600 | 181 | #1,159 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,448 | 186 | #1,136 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,787 | 179 | #1,155 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,228 | 197 | #1,080 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,839 | 166 | #1,165 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,319 | 157 | #1,217 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,778 | 121 | #1,450 |
| 2017 | 21 | #6,030 | 122 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,818 | 126 | #1,397 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,987 | 135 | #1,316 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,917 | 120 | #1,412 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,729 | 117 | #1,426 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,692 | 111 | #1,465 |
| 2011 | 9 | #12,104 | 87 | #1,717 |
| 2010 | — | — | 103 | #1,557 |
| 2009 | 7 | #15,163 | 99 | #1,617 |
| 2008 | 7 | #15,327 | 98 | #1,611 |
| 2007 | — | — | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,925 | 101 | #1,511 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,790 | 87 | #1,594 |
| 2004 | — | — | 75 | #1,716 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,698 | 77 | #1,645 |
| 2002 | — | — | 66 | #1,768 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,462 | 61 | #1,839 |
| 2000 | — | — | 54 | #1,943 |
| 1999 | — | — | 48 | #2,021 |
| 1998 | — | — | 57 | #1,789 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,673 | 54 | #1,789 |
| 1996 | — | — | 56 | #1,704 |
| 1995 | — | — | 45 | #1,912 |
| 1994 | — | — | 45 | #1,892 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,732 | 52 | #1,697 |
| 1992 | — | — | 51 | #1,696 |
| 1991 | — | — | 66 | #1,410 |
| 1990 | — | — | 60 | #1,463 |
| 1989 | — | — | 56 | #1,491 |
| 1988 | — | — | 54 | #1,450 |
| 1987 | — | — | 41 | #1,682 |
| 1986 | — | — | 43 | #1,563 |
| 1985 | — | — | 63 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | — | — | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1983 | — | — | 38 | #1,590 |
| 1982 | — | — | 64 | #1,149 |
| 1981 | — | — | 53 | #1,269 |
| 1980 | — | — | 64 | #1,144 |
| 1979 | — | — | 61 | #1,168 |
| 1978 | — | — | 56 | #1,201 |
| 1977 | — | — | 64 | #1,092 |
| 1976 | — | — | 66 | #1,029 |
| 1975 | — | — | 49 | #1,227 |
| 1974 | — | — | 68 | #1,002 |
| 1973 | — | — | 68 | #986 |
| 1972 | — | — | 78 | #910 |
| 1971 | — | — | 95 | #837 |
| 1970 | — | — | 95 | #831 |
| 1969 | — | — | 92 | #808 |
| 1968 | — | — | 94 | #770 |
| 1967 | — | — | 116 | #691 |
| 1966 | — | — | 111 | #705 |
| 1965 | — | — | 125 | #664 |
| 1964 | — | — | 118 | #712 |
| 1963 | — | — | 125 | #694 |
| 1962 | — | — | 111 | #728 |
| 1961 | — | — | 119 | #703 |
| 1960 | — | — | 136 | #671 |
| 1959 | — | — | 158 | #617 |
| 1958 | — | — | 128 | #674 |
| 1957 | — | — | 168 | #594 |
| 1956 | — | — | 180 | #566 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,714 | 171 | #566 |
| 1954 | — | — | 166 | #576 |
| 1953 | 7 | #5,027 | 191 | #509 |
| 1952 | — | — | 191 | #506 |
| 1951 | — | — | 176 | #515 |
| 1950 | 5 | #6,092 | 206 | #465 |
| 1949 | — | — | 205 | #462 |
| 1948 | 5 | #6,023 | 260 | #417 |
| 1947 | — | — | 229 | #443 |
| 1946 | — | — | 186 | #472 |
| 1945 | — | — | 193 | #429 |
| 1944 | — | — | 240 | #391 |
| 1943 | — | — | 225 | #412 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,363 | 206 | #426 |
| 1941 | — | — | 222 | #387 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,853 | 213 | #392 |
| 1939 | — | — | 208 | #392 |
| 1938 | — | — | 235 | #366 |
| 1937 | — | — | 223 | #363 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,169 | 256 | #341 |
| 1935 | — | — | 286 | #324 |
| 1934 | — | — | 224 | #366 |
| 1933 | — | — | 216 | #369 |
| 1932 | 5 | #5,079 | 233 | #364 |
| 1931 | — | — | 227 | #372 |
| 1930 | — | — | 212 | #396 |
| 1929 | — | — | 230 | #382 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,711 | 263 | #354 |
| 1927 | — | — | 253 | #368 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,554 | 258 | #365 |
| 1925 | — | — | 245 | #381 |
| 1924 | — | — | 238 | #393 |
| 1923 | — | — | 290 | #346 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,994 | 277 | #354 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,845 | 304 | #340 |
| 1920 | — | — | 263 | #370 |
| 1919 | — | — | 234 | #380 |
| 1918 | — | — | 240 | #386 |
| 1917 | — | — | 255 | #351 |
| 1916 | — | — | 177 | #424 |
| 1915 | — | — | 212 | #369 |
| 1914 | — | — | 143 | #400 |
| 1913 | — | — | 156 | #326 |
| 1912 | — | — | 112 | #368 |
| 1911 | — | — | 74 | #320 |
| 1910 | — | — | 73 | #288 |
| 1909 | — | — | 68 | #274 |
| 1908 | — | — | 71 | #252 |
| 1907 | — | — | 58 | #276 |
| 1906 | — | — | 46 | #303 |
| 1905 | — | — | 52 | #276 |
| 1904 | — | — | 61 | #241 |
| 1903 | — | — | 52 | #255 |
| 1902 | — | — | 57 | #247 |
| 1901 | — | — | 64 | #214 |
| 1900 | — | — | 61 | #265 |
| 1899 | — | — | 50 | #237 |
| 1898 | — | — | 51 | #248 |
| 1897 | — | — | 59 | #221 |
| 1896 | — | — | 62 | #232 |
| 1895 | — | — | 61 | #226 |
| 1894 | — | — | 63 | #214 |
| 1893 | — | — | 50 | #251 |
| 1892 | — | — | 69 | #212 |
| 1891 | — | — | 51 | #226 |
| 1890 | — | — | 60 | #215 |
| 1889 | — | — | 73 | #185 |
| 1888 | — | — | 64 | #220 |
| 1887 | — | — | 66 | #189 |
| 1886 | — | — | 49 | #247 |
| 1885 | — | — | 76 | #175 |
| 1884 | — | — | 80 | #178 |
| 1883 | — | — | 72 | #173 |
| 1882 | — | — | 92 | #150 |
| 1881 | — | — | 76 | #162 |
| 1880 | — | — | 78 | #170 |
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).