girls:
235 births since 1951
#5481 (4th percentile)
boys:
15 births since 2019
#4571 (0th percentile)
overall:
250 births since 1951
#7489 (3rd percentile)
The name Wonder is the #7,489 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 250 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,481 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 235 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #4,571 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 2019.
Wonder first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Wonder is available in 27 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023 (27 years for girls and 3 years for boys). 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 Wonder has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 73.7% of babies named Wonder were girls.
For girls, Wonder reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #947) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Wonder ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 89.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Wonder reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Wonder is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wonder".
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