Wheeler
Boy · WEE-ler · English
Wheeler is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wheel maker”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Wheeler mean?
English: occupational surname
“wheel maker”
An English occupational surname for someone who made wheels.
- Say it
- WEE-ler
Is Wheeler a girl's or a boy's name?
Wheeler is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wheeler in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Wheeler, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 45 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wheeler in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2004. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Wheeler in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,296 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,139 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1916 | 41 | #998 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,181 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,174 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 23 | #384 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
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