Wright
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Wright is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “craftsman, maker”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Wright mean?
English: occupational surname, from Old English wyrhta
“craftsman, maker”
An occupational surname for a craftsman; Wilbur and Orville Wright pioneered powered flight.
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Is Wright a girl's or a boy's name?
Wright is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wright in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Wright, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1915, with 35 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wright in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wright in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,351 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,437 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,082 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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