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Wright: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 24 in 2025. Its best rank was #547 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #547 in 1899; #4,383 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wright in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,383 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #547.
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Wright: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 24 boys in 2025. Peak: #547 in 1899 · most boys in one year: 35 (1915).
In 2025, 24 US boys were named Wright, making it the 4,383rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 66 places from #4,317 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 25 boys named Wright in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #547, reached in 1899. The most boys given the name in a single year was 35, in 1915. For comparison, it was #6,659 in 2015 and #1,878 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wright in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 1,639 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 240 babies named Wright.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 215 US boys were named Wright; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 29. In 2025 that was about 1 in 71,170 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 | — | — | 24 | #4,383 |
| 2024 | — | — | 25 | #4,317 |
| 2023 | — | — | 25 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | — | — | 28 | #3,986 |
| 2021 | — | — | 16 | #5,764 |
| 2020 | — | — | 23 | #4,415 |
| 2019 | — | — | 16 | #5,795 |
| 2018 | — | — | 15 | #6,023 |
| 2017 | — | — | 29 | #3,770 |
| 2016 | — | — | 14 | #6,330 |
| 2015 | — | — | 13 | #6,659 |
| 2014 | — | — | 8 | #9,592 |
| 2013 | — | — | 13 | #6,586 |
| 2012 | — | — | 16 | #5,709 |
| 2011 | — | — | 11 | #7,476 |
| 2010 | — | — | 6 | #12,149 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #7,212 |
| 2008 | — | — | 8 | #9,833 |
| 2006 | — | — | 10 | #7,972 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | #7,508 |
| 1999 | — | — | 5 | #11,558 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,981 |
| 1995 | — | — | 10 | #5,913 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,350 |
| 1992 | — | — | 8 | #6,664 |
| 1991 | — | — | 6 | #8,209 |
| 1989 | — | — | 6 | #7,884 |
| 1988 | — | — | 5 | #8,463 |
| 1987 | — | — | 8 | #5,442 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,767 |
| 1984 | — | — | 6 | #6,296 |
| 1983 | — | — | 6 | #6,215 |
| 1982 | — | — | 6 | #6,372 |
| 1981 | — | — | 6 | #6,248 |
| 1976 | — | — | 6 | #5,574 |
| 1975 | — | — | 5 | #6,317 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,688 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,340 |
| 1970 | — | — | 13 | #2,736 |
| 1969 | — | — | 7 | #3,928 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | — | — | 7 | #3,553 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | — | — | 8 | #3,241 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1963 | — | — | 11 | #2,668 |
| 1962 | — | — | 10 | #2,847 |
| 1961 | — | — | 8 | #3,350 |
| 1960 | — | — | 15 | #2,208 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,818 |
| 1958 | — | — | 12 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | — | — | 12 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,433 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1953 | — | — | 8 | #3,139 |
| 1952 | — | — | 9 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | — | — | 17 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | — | — | 19 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | — | — | 12 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | — | — | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1946 | — | — | 9 | #2,686 |
| 1945 | — | — | 10 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | — | — | 15 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | — | — | 16 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,520 |
| 1941 | — | — | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,470 |
| 1939 | — | — | 13 | #2,048 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,322 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,172 |
| 1936 | — | — | 14 | #1,963 |
| 1935 | — | — | 17 | #1,754 |
| 1934 | — | — | 14 | #2,019 |
| 1933 | — | — | 18 | #1,706 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,992 |
| 1931 | — | — | 24 | #1,457 |
| 1930 | — | — | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1929 | — | — | 16 | #2,001 |
| 1928 | — | — | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1927 | — | — | 25 | #1,560 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1925 | — | — | 28 | #1,423 |
| 1924 | — | — | 27 | #1,491 |
| 1923 | — | — | 29 | #1,384 |
| 1922 | — | — | 24 | #1,590 |
| 1921 | — | — | 30 | #1,389 |
| 1920 | — | — | 22 | #1,693 |
| 1919 | — | — | 28 | #1,384 |
| 1918 | — | — | 18 | #1,902 |
| 1917 | — | — | 24 | #1,478 |
| 1916 | — | — | 28 | #1,300 |
| 1915 | — | — | 35 | #1,099 |
| 1914 | — | — | 28 | #1,100 |
| 1913 | — | — | 18 | #1,253 |
| 1912 | — | — | 21 | #1,022 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #1,036 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #839 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,369 |
| 1907 | — | — | 12 | #814 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #1,007 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,317 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #857 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,160 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #547 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #883 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #723 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,263 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #856 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #704 |
| 1892 | — | — | 13 | #596 |
| 1891 | — | — | 10 | #634 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #993 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #973 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #814 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #919 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #698 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #763 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #642 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #996 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,056 |
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).