Wolfgang
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WOOLF-gang
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,514 for boys
Wolfgang is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “wolf path”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,514th for boys in the US (115 babies).
What does Wolfgang mean?
Germanic: from wolf and gang, path or journey
“wolf path”
A German name combining wolf and gang, path or journey; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is its most famous bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wolfgang a girl's or a boy's name?
Wolfgang is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 115 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wolfgang in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Wolfgang, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wolfgang in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Wolfgang in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Wolfgang in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,514among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 115about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 115 boys in the US were named Wolfgang, making it the 1,514th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,347th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 148 boys. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the boys named Wolfgang in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wolfgang in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | #1,514 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,315 |
| 2022 | 131 | #1,411 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,280 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,347 |
| 2019 | 146 | #1,277 |
| 2018 | 126 | #1,396 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,450 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,475 |
| 2014 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 84 | #1,737 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,118 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 56 | #1,931 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,989 |
| 1999 | 58 | #1,746 |
| 1998 | 62 | #1,663 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,787 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 59 | #1,572 |
| 1994 | 66 | #1,449 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
Nicknames for Wolfgang
- Wolf 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Wolfgang
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Wolfgang: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wolfgang, updated 20 October 2026.