How rare is the name Wyatt?

152,059 people in the United States have the first name Wyatt, about 1 in 1,986. It ranks #367 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WYATT

#367

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
152,059
About
1 in 1,986
This common or more
52.7%
Who bears it

Of the 152,059 people named Wyatt, 87.1% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wyatt peaked in 2017, when 9,834 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
9,834
In 2025*
6,625 ▼33%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 209,814 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Wyatt by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #50. The largest share of babies named Wyatt, 51.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,135123
1890s#1,415127
1900s#1,793114
1910s#1,698434
1920s#1,939515
1930s#2,142377
1940s#2,115472
1950s#1,4961,254
1960s#2,066765
1970s#1,4701,626
1980s#1,1692,815
1990s#35117,978
2000s#14051,468
2010s#5088,258
2020s#5143,488
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–965.8%
Generation Z 1997–1239.6%
2013 and later51.7%

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 Wyatt is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wyatt has been most common in Alaska (2.9×), Wyoming (2.8×), and Idaho (2.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.21×).

204,854 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 Wyatt

#365 Eduardo · 152,636#366 Jeffery · 152,231#368 Fernando · 151,654#368 Sofia · 151,654

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wyatt, most common first.

#24,306 Wyatte · 397#25,713 Wyett · 367#28,678 Wyat · 312

Also a last name

As a last name, Wyatt ranks #662 of 156,621, with 50,142 people. See Wyatt as a last name

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