Wiley
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- WY-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,222 for boys
Wiley is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,222nd for boys in the US (165 babies).
Where does Wiley come from?
English: English surname
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wiley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Wiley has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 165 boys in the US.
How popular is Wiley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,222among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 165about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 165 boys in the US were named Wiley, making it the 1,222nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,160th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 304 boys. 23 girls were also named Wiley in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Wiley than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Wiley in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1972. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 368 boys in the US were given Wiley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #683, up from #1,222 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Wiley in the US were girls.
Wiley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | #1,222 |
| 2024 | 181 | #1,155 |
| 2023 | 186 | #1,134 |
| 2022 | 179 | #1,155 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2020 | 166 | #1,160 |
| 2019 | 157 | #1,214 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,421 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,389 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,402 |
| 2013 | 117 | #1,420 |
| 2012 | 111 | #1,462 |
| 2011 | 87 | #1,703 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,552 |
| 2009 | 99 | #1,603 |
| 2008 | 98 | #1,603 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,501 |
| 2005 | 87 | #1,582 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,698 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,627 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 48 | #1,992 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,765 |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,770 |
| 1996 | 56 | #1,687 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,863 |
| 1993 | 52 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,471 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,180 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,140 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,259 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,133 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,186 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,019 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 68 | #993 |
| 1973 | 68 | #978 |
| 1972 | 78 | #905 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 |
| 1970 | 95 | #826 |
| 1969 | 92 | #804 |
| 1968 | 94 | #765 |
| 1967 | 116 | #690 |
| 1966 | 111 | #703 |
| 1965 | 125 | #663 |
| 1964 | 118 | #711 |
| 1963 | 125 | #692 |
| 1962 | 111 | #728 |
| 1961 | 119 | #698 |
| 1960 | 136 | #670 |
| 1959 | 158 | #615 |
| 1958 | 128 | #669 |
| 1957 | 168 | #593 |
| 1956 | 180 | #565 |
| 1955 | 171 | #563 |
| 1954 | 166 | #572 |
| 1953 | 191 | #506 |
| 1952 | 191 | #504 |
| 1951 | 176 | #513 |
| 1950 | 206 | #463 |
| 1949 | 205 | #461 |
| 1948 | 260 | #416 |
| 1947 | 229 | #442 |
| 1946 | 186 | #469 |
| 1945 | 193 | #429 |
| 1944 | 240 | #390 |
| 1943 | 225 | #410 |
| 1942 | 206 | #426 |
| 1941 | 222 | #386 |
| 1940 | 213 | #391 |
| 1939 | 208 | #391 |
| 1938 | 235 | #363 |
| 1937 | 223 | #362 |
| 1936 | 256 | #341 |
| 1935 | 286 | #324 |
| 1934 | 224 | #364 |
| 1933 | 216 | #368 |
| 1932 | 233 | #364 |
| 1931 | 227 | #372 |
| 1930 | 212 | #395 |
| 1929 | 230 | #378 |
| 1928 | 263 | #354 |
| 1927 | 253 | #368 |
| 1926 | 258 | #365 |
| 1925 | 245 | #381 |
| 1924 | 238 | #393 |
| 1923 | 290 | #346 |
| 1922 | 277 | #354 |
| 1921 | 304 | #338 |
| 1920 | 263 | #369 |
| 1919 | 234 | #379 |
| 1918 | 240 | #385 |
| 1917 | 255 | #350 |
| 1916 | 177 | #421 |
| 1915 | 212 | #368 |
| 1914 | 143 | #397 |
| 1913 | 156 | #325 |
| 1912 | 112 | #367 |
| 1911 | 74 | #314 |
| 1910 | 73 | #285 |
| 1909 | 68 | #268 |
| 1908 | 71 | #250 |
| 1907 | 58 | #273 |
| 1906 | 46 | #302 |
| 1905 | 52 | #274 |
| 1904 | 61 | #240 |
| 1903 | 52 | #253 |
| 1902 | 57 | #247 |
| 1901 | 64 | #212 |
| 1900 | 61 | #262 |
| 1899 | 50 | #234 |
| 1898 | 51 | #245 |
| 1897 | 59 | #218 |
| 1896 | 62 | #230 |
| 1895 | 61 | #223 |
| 1894 | 63 | #211 |
| 1893 | 50 | #246 |
| 1892 | 69 | #210 |
| 1891 | 51 | #223 |
| 1890 | 60 | #214 |
| 1889 | 73 | #183 |
| 1888 | 64 | #219 |
| 1887 | 66 | #188 |
| 1886 | 49 | #243 |
| 1885 | 76 | #174 |
| 1884 | 80 | #176 |
| 1883 | 72 | #172 |
| 1882 | 92 | #148 |
| 1881 | 76 | #159 |
| 1880 | 78 | #168 |
Names like Wiley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harvey Wilson Henry Walter William Warren Harley Charlie Stanley Arthur Otto Lewis
Other spellings of Wiley
Names related to Wiley
More English names
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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, “Wiley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wiley, updated 20 October 2026.