Wiley
Wiley was the 1226th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 165 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 150th; the most babies were born in 1921 (304). Over the last ten years it has moved up 90 places. More babies were named Wiley in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,226 boys, down 61 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 165boys
- Girls and boys
- 13% girls, 87% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1921304 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,794babies recorded
Wiley popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,545 | #1,226 | 23 | 165 |
| 2020 | #5,839 | #1,165 | 21 | 166 |
| 2010 | — | #1,557 | — | 103 |
| 2000 | — | #1,943 | — | 54 |
| 1990 | — | #1,463 | — | 60 |
| 1980 | — | #1,144 | — | 64 |
| 1970 | — | #831 | — | 95 |
| 1960 | — | #671 | — | 136 |
| 1950 | #6,092 | #465 | 5 | 206 |
| 1940 | #3,853 | #392 | 7 | 213 |
| 1930 | — | #396 | — | 212 |
| 1920 | — | #370 | — | 263 |
| 1910 | — | #288 | — | 73 |
| 1900 | — | #265 | — | 61 |
| 1890 | — | #215 | — | 60 |
| 1880 | — | #170 | — | 78 |
How popular is Wiley, counting every spelling?
Wiley is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #703 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,226 for Wiley on its own. Together these spellings went to 374 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Wiley?
165 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wiley (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Wiley born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 51 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wiley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wiley?
About 8,000 people born in the US named Wiley are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 14 and 70. That makes Wiley mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Wiley by state
How common Wiley was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (3.2×), Alabama (3.0×), Tennessee (3.0×), North Carolina (2.5×), Missouri (2.2×). In 25 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wiley: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wiley, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Wiley
How popular is the name Wiley?
Wiley was the 1226th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 165 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 150th; the most babies were born in 1921 (304). Over the last ten years it has moved up 90 places. More babies were named Wiley in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Wiley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 13% girls, 87% boys given the name Wiley in the US.
Where is Wiley most popular?
In 2021–2025, Wiley was most common in Oklahoma (0.34 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Tennessee.