How common is the last name Wilder?

29,512 people in the United States have the last name Wilder, about 1 in 10,128. It ranks #1,170 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WILDER

#1,170

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
29,512
About
1 in 10,128
This common or more
41.5%
Who bears it

Of the 29,512 people with the last name Wilder, 65.6% reported their origin as White, 25.4% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wilder, most common first.

Also a first name

As a first name, Wilder ranks #4,094 of 53,615, with 4,715 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 978 births. See Wilder as a first name

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