Wild
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WYLD
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Wild is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “untamed, natural”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Wild mean?
English: English word wild
“untamed, natural”
From the English word for untamed; Wild is also an English and German surname.
Is Wild a girl's or a boy's name?
Wild is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wild in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Wild, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Wild in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
Names like Wild
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
West, Ford, Fletcher, Otto, Wilson, Watson, Henry, King, August, Charlie, Will, Walker
Names related to Wild
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Wild: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wild, updated 20 October 2026.