How Many People Are Named Wolfgang?
people named Wolfgang are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 110,645 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,220 babies named Wolfgang in Social Security records from 1929 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
148 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic elements wulf meaning "wolf" and gang "path". Two famous bearers of this name were Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and German novelist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wolfgang in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wolfgang alive today is about 18 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wolfgang first appears in the records in 1929 and was given most often in 2021, to 148 babies. In 2025, 115 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1929 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wolfgang has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,282, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #1,519.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,519 |
| Best rank | #1,282 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,603 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wolfgang alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wolfgang were born in California than in any other state: about 467 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wolfgang was given 3 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Illinois and 1.9 times in New York.
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