How rare is the name Wilder?

4,715 people in the United States have the first name Wilder, about 1 in 64,058. It ranks #4,094 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WILDER

#4,094

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,715
About
1 in 64,058
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,715 people named Wilder, 58.6% reported their origin as White, 33% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as two or more races. 94% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wilder peaked in 2021, when 978 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
978
In 2025*
786 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,835 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Wilder by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #745. The largest share of babies named Wilder, 88.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#5,74252
1920s#5,72888
1930s#8,18426
1940s#10,03915
1950s#11,50216
1960s#16,2136
1970s#24,5405
1980s#14,48651
1990s#9,635155
2000s#6,478378
2010s#1,7292,865
2020s#7455,178
Greatest Generation 1901–271.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–961.6%
Generation Z 1997–127.5%
2013 and later88.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Wilder is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wilder has been most common in Vermont (4.5×), Colorado (2.9×), and Idaho (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.36×).

7,026 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Wilder

#4,092 Dallin · 4,719#4,093 Cailyn · 4,718#4,095 Delfino · 4,714#4,096 Emmaline · 4,710

Also a last name

As a last name, Wilder ranks #1,170 of 156,621, with 29,512 people. See Wilder as a last name

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