How rare is the name Wolfgang?

4,732 people in the United States have the first name Wolfgang, about 1 in 63,827. It ranks #4,085 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WOLFGANG

#4,085

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,732
About
1 in 63,827
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,732 people named Wolfgang, 84.4% reported their origin as White, 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wolfgang peaked in 2021, when 148 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19292025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
148
In 2025*
115 ▼22%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,220 babies have been given the name since 1929. 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.

Wolfgang by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,958. The largest share of babies named Wolfgang, 48.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#12,6708
1930s#8,93119
1940s#12,5745
1950s#5,777102
1960s#5,843120
1970s#8,101104
1980s#10,15198
1990s#4,452468
2000s#5,315508
2010s#3,5401,002
2020s#2,958786
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–645.2%
Generation X 1965–805.3%
Millennials 1981–9612%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later48.7%

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 Wolfgang is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wolfgang has been most common in California (3.9×), Washington (1.7×), and Texas (1.7×), and least common in Michigan (0.87×).

1,198 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 Wolfgang

#4,083 Pattie · 4,737#4,084 Catarina · 4,733#4,086 Davian · 4,729#4,087 Sunita · 4,728

Also a last name

As a last name, Wolfgang ranks #11,168 of 156,621, with 2,710 people. See Wolfgang as a last name

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