girls:
544 births since 1918
#5172 (9th percentile)
boys:
6.6k births since 1914
#1445 (68th percentile)
overall:
7.2k births since 1914
#3194 (59th percentile)
The name Wilder is the #3,194 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,152 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 58.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 58.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,445 (68.5% percentile) for all time with 6,608 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,172 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 544 births since 1918.
Wilder first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Wilder is available in 67 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (67 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Wilder has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.6% of babies named Wilder were boys.
For boys, Wilder reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 62.4% percentile (ranked #350) with 474 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 474 births per million (ranked 62.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Wilder ranks #387 for boys (57.6% percentile) with 411 births per million, which is 86.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Wilder reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #853) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 49 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Wilder ranks #901 for girls (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 59.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wilder".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Wilder. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Wilder is pronounced as WAIL-der, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WIHL-der, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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