Wylder

Boy · recorded 2005–2025

  • #669in 2025
  • 1 in 4,196boys in 2025
  • +872%last ten years
  • 4.2×in Mississippi

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 872% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 2005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 21 recorded years as a table
Wylder, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20053
20063
20076
20086
20099
20106
201111
201213
201319
201414
201525
201638
201759
201870
201974
202090
2021131
2022162
2023216
2024234
2025238

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 4.2×
  2. Iowa 2.8×
  3. Tennessee 2.6×
  4. Wisconsin 2.2×
  5. Kentucky 2.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
407
Rank in 2025
#669
How rare
1 in 4,196 boys
Since 2005
2,513

Most popular in 2025, at 238 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 872% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi4.2×32
Iowa2.8×26
Tennessee2.6×65
Wisconsin2.2×36
Kentucky2.2×30

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.