How Many People Are Named Wilder?
people named Wilder are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 39,765 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,835 babies named Wilder in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
978 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Wilder, 7.1% were girls and 92.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 7.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilder alive today is about 6 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilder first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2021, to 978 babies. In 2025, 786 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wilder has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #367, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #431.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #431 |
| Best rank | #367 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #399 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilder alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilder were born in California than in any other state: about 733 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wilder was given 8.8 times as often in Vermont, 4.3 times in Maine and 2.5 times in New Hampshire.
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