Is Wiley a boy or girl name?
Wiley is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 23 girls and 180 boys were named Wiley, so 11.3% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 2% of the 18,605 US babies named Wiley were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,159
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,581
- Babies named Wiley since 1880
- 18,605
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 309 babies
Boys and girls named Wiley, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 726 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 576 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 590 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 1,676 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 2,621 | 26 | 1% |
| 1930s | 2,320 | 11 | 0.5% |
| 1940s | 2,179 | 17 | 0.8% |
| 1950s | 1,735 | 17 | 1% |
| 1960s | 1,147 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 700 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 528 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 534 | 11 | 2% |
| 2000s | 795 | 41 | 4.9% |
| 2010s | 1,199 | 118 | 9% |
| 2020s | 908 | 130 | 12.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 180 | #1,159 | 23 | #5,581 |
| 2023 | 186 | #1,136 | 32 | #4,444 |
| 2022 | 179 | #1,155 | 29 | #4,784 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,080 | 25 | #5,226 |
| 2020 | 166 | #1,165 | 21 | #5,836 |
| 2019 | 157 | #1,217 | 16 | #7,317 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,450 | 11 | #9,774 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,428 | 21 | #6,029 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,396 | 8 | #12,815 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,316 | 15 | #7,987 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,411 | 10 | #10,915 |
| 2013 | 117 | #1,425 | 16 | #7,727 |
| 2012 | 111 | #1,465 | 12 | #9,690 |
| 2011 | 87 | #1,717 | 9 | #12,104 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,557 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 99 | #1,617 | 7 | #15,163 |
| 2008 | 98 | #1,611 | 7 | #15,326 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,874 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,510 | 5 | #19,923 |
| 2005 | 87 | #1,594 | 9 | #11,790 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,716 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,645 | 6 | #15,696 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,768 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,839 | 7 | #13,461 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,943 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,021 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,789 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,789 | 6 | #13,673 |
| 1996 | 56 | #1,704 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,912 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,892 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 52 | #1,697 | 5 | #15,731 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,696 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 66 | #1,410 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,464 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,491 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,450 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,682 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,563 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,189 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,292 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,591 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,149 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,269 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,145 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,168 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,201 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,092 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,029 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,227 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 68 | #1,002 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 68 | #987 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 78 | #910 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 95 | #837 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 95 | #831 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 92 | #808 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 94 | #770 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 116 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 111 | #705 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 125 | #664 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 118 | #712 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 125 | #694 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 111 | #728 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 119 | #702 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 136 | #671 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 158 | #618 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 128 | #674 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 168 | #594 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 180 | #566 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 171 | #566 | 5 | #6,714 |
| 1954 | 166 | #576 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 191 | #509 | 7 | #5,027 |
| 1952 | 191 | #506 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 176 | #515 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 206 | #465 | 5 | #6,093 |
| 1949 | 205 | #462 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 260 | #417 | 5 | #6,023 |
| 1947 | 229 | #443 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 186 | #472 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 193 | #429 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 240 | #391 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 225 | #412 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 206 | #426 | 5 | #5,363 |
| 1941 | 222 | #387 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 213 | #392 | 7 | #3,853 |
| 1939 | 208 | #392 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 235 | #365 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 222 | #364 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 257 | #341 | 6 | #4,169 |
| 1935 | 286 | #324 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 224 | #366 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 216 | #369 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 233 | #364 | 5 | #5,079 |
| 1931 | 227 | #372 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 212 | #396 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 230 | #382 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 263 | #354 | 6 | #4,711 |
| 1927 | 253 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 258 | #365 | 9 | #3,554 |
| 1925 | 245 | #381 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 238 | #393 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 290 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 277 | #354 | 6 | #4,994 |
| 1921 | 304 | #340 | 5 | #5,845 |
| 1920 | 263 | #370 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 234 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 240 | #386 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 255 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 177 | #424 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 212 | #369 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 143 | #400 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 156 | #326 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 112 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 74 | #320 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 73 | #288 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 68 | #274 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 71 | #252 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 58 | #276 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 46 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 52 | #276 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 61 | #241 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 52 | #255 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 57 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 64 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 61 | #265 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 50 | #237 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 51 | #248 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 59 | #221 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 62 | #232 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 61 | #226 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 63 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 50 | #251 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 69 | #212 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 51 | #226 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 60 | #215 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 73 | #185 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 64 | #220 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 66 | #189 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 49 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 76 | #175 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 80 | #178 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 72 | #173 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 92 | #150 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 76 | #162 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 78 | #170 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Wiley reached #150 in 1882. As a girl name, it reached #3,554 in 1926. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Wiley
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.