girls:
925 births since 1994
#4791 (16th percentile)
boys:
932 births since 1988
#3659 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1988
#5903 (24th percentile)
The name Wisdom is the #5,903 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,857 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 23.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,659 (20.2% percentile) for all time with 932 births since 1988. For girls, it ranks #4,791 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 925 births since 1994.
Wisdom first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Wisdom is available in 34 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 30 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 Wisdom is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 57.5% of babies named Wisdom were boys.
For boys, Wisdom reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #854) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Wisdom ranks #847 for boys (7.0% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 94.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Wisdom reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #906) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Wisdom ranks #901 for girls (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 91.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wisdom".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Wisdom is pronounced as WIHZ-duhm, which has 2 syllables.
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