Wonder
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WUN-der
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Wonder is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “wonder, marvel”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Wonder mean?
English: English word name
“wonder, marvel”
Is Wonder a girl's or a boy's name?
Wonder is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Wonder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Wonder, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951. 9 boys were also named Wonder in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Wonder in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wonder in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
Names like Wonder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Palmer, Miller, Harper, Clover, Winter, Walker, Ember, Juniper, Scottie, River, Carter, Wilder
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Wonder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wonder, updated 20 October 2026.