How Many People Are Named Wylie?
people named Wylie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 74,479 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,865 babies named Wylie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
240 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Wylie, 16.9% were girls and 83.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Wylie rose from 0% in the 1880s to 29.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wylie alive today is about 26 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wylie first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 240 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wylie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #460, in 1887. In 2025 it ranked #1,182. Among girls, its best rank was #2,689, in 2025.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,182 | #2,689 |
| Best rank | #460 (1887) | #2,689 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,760 in the 2010s | #2,968 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wylie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wylie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 425 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wylie was given 8 times as often in South Carolina, 4.7 times in Texas and 3.2 times in Georgia.
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