Wilder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WYL-der
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #429 for boys
Wilder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wild, untamed”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 429th for boys in the US (743 babies).
What does Wilder mean?
English: from an English surname
“wild, untamed”
From an English surname that began as a nickname for a wild or untamed person.
Is Wilder a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 34 boys in the UK and 43 girls and 743 boys in the US.
How popular is Wilder in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 986th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Wilder, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 44 boys. 5 girls were also named Wilder in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Wilder in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Wilder in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,072 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Wilder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 429th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 743 about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 743 boys in the US were named Wilder, making it the 429th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 426th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 890 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 43 girls were also named Wilder in 2025 (3,516th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Wilder than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Wilder in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 743 | #429 |
| 2024 | 836 | #390 |
| 2023 | 755 | #421 |
| 2022 | 867 | #374 |
| 2021 | 890 | #366 |
| 2020 | 695 | #426 |
| 2019 | 601 | #485 |
| 2018 | 540 | #527 |
| 2017 | 477 | #572 |
| 2016 | 338 | #726 |
| 2015 | 215 | #958 |
| 2014 | 134 | #1,313 |
| 2013 | 127 | #1,340 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,128 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
Names like Wilder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Hunter, Hudson, Asher, Cooper, Carter, Parker, Oakley, River, Grayson, Jaxon, Marley
Names related to Wilder
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison, Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Wilder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilder, updated 20 October 2026.