Wagner
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAG-ner
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Wagner is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “wagon maker”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Wagner mean?
Germanic: German occupational surname
“wagon maker”
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was the German composer of the opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung.
Is Wagner a girl's or a boy's name?
Wagner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wagner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Wagner, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Wagner in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wagner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Wagner
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wagner: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wagner, updated 20 October 2026.