Wyatt
Wyatt was the 38th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6,480 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 25th with 9,727 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4 places. More babies were named Wyatt in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning from Wigheard: war + hardy · Old English, Norman French
Say it WY-ut /ˈwaɪət/
- Rank in 2025
- #38 boys, down 9 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6,480boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20179,727 babies
- Total since 1880
- 209,814babies recorded
What does the name Wyatt mean?
Wyatt is an English surname. Wiktionary traces it to the Old English personal name Wigheard, from words for 'war' and 'hard' or 'brave'. In Middle English it was also used as a pet form of Guy and William. Wikipedia derives it instead from Norman Guyot, a form of Guy; DMNES records Wyot as an English pet form of Guy in 1379.
wīg + heard (Old English, “war + hard, brave”)Guy (Wyot) (Middle English, “pet form of Guy”)
How sure is this? Probable. There are two routes: Old English Wigheard, or a Norman pet form of Guy. The sources differ in emphasis.
See also: English names, names that mean brave, names that mean warrior.
Sources for this meaning
Wyatt popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 1,362 since 1984, 145 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #38 | 6,480 |
| 2020 | #29 | 8,223 |
| 2010 | #57 | 7,377 |
| 2000 | #110 | 3,411 |
| 1990 | #404 | 571 |
| 1980 | #567 | 233 |
| 1970 | #746 | 123 |
| 1960 | #759 | 104 |
| 1950 | #988 | 50 |
| 1940 | #951 | 46 |
| 1930 | #1,052 | 44 |
| 1920 | #973 | 51 |
| 1910 | #858 | 14 |
| 1900 | #698 | 14 |
| 1890 | #602 | 12 |
| 1880 | #481 | 15 |
How popular is Wyatt, counting every spelling?
Wyatt is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #43 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #38 for Wyatt on its own. Together these spellings went to 6,480 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt | 6,480 | #38 | 34,591 |
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 Wyatt?
6,480 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wyatt (1.80 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Wyatt born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 30. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wyatt.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wyatt?
About 203,300 people born in the US named Wyatt are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 20. That makes Wyatt mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Wyatt by state
How common Wyatt was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wyoming (3.6×), Vermont (3.2×), New Hampshire (2.7×), West Virginia (2.5×), Alaska (2.4×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in District of Columbia, California, New Jersey.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wyatt: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wyatt, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Wyatt · Sibling names for Wyatt
Questions about the name Wyatt
What does Wyatt mean?
Wyatt means “from Wigheard: war + hardy” (Old English, Norman French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Wyatt?
Wyatt was the 38th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6,480 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 25th with 9,727 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4 places. More babies were named Wyatt in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Wyatt a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Wyatt in the US.
Where is Wyatt most popular?
In 2021–2025, Wyatt was most common in Wyoming (14.52 per 1,000 boys), followed by Vermont and New Hampshire.