Wisdom
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIZ-dum
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,244 for boys
Wisdom is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wisdom, good judgement”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 1,244th for boys in the US (160 babies).
What does Wisdom mean?
English: English word, from Old English wisdom
“wisdom, good judgement”
A virtue name from the Old English word wisdom, built on wis, 'wise'.
Is Wisdom a girl's or a boy's name?
Wisdom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 61 girls and 160 boys in the US.
How popular is Wisdom in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Wisdom, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wisdom in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Wisdom in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Wisdom in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,244th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 160 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 160 boys in the US were named Wisdom, making it the 1,244th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. It first appears in the records in 1988. 61 girls were also named Wisdom in 2025 (2,778th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Wisdom of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Wisdom in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 176 boys in the US were given Wisdom or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,066, up from #1,244 for this spelling alone.
- Wisdom 160
- Wysdom 16
Girls were 71% of the babies named Wisdom in the US in 1998, and 28% in 2025.
Wisdom in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | #1,244 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
Names like Wisdom
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaxon, Hudson, Yusuf, Marley, Kairo, Oakley, Cooper, River, Archer, Grayson, Luca, Mason
Other spellings of Wisdom
Names related to Wisdom
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, 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, “Wisdom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wisdom, updated 20 October 2026.