Wrigley
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- RIG-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,764 for boys
Wrigley is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Wrigley mean?
English: English surname
Associated with Chicago's Wrigley Field, named after the chewing-gum businessman William Wrigley Jr.
Is Wrigley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Wrigley has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 46 boys in the US.
How popular is Wrigley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,764th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Wrigley, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003. 11 girls were also named Wrigley in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more boys named Wrigley than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Wrigley in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were given Wrigley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,942, up from #2,764 for this spelling alone.
- Wrigley 46
- Rigley 16
In 2006, 52% of the babies named Wrigley in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 19%, with more boys than girls since 2018.
Wrigley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
Names like Wrigley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Deacon, Finley, Huxley, Cannon, Oakley, Sevyn, Kayden, Ocean, Bentley, Callan, Raiden, Declan
Other spellings of Wrigley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, 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, “Wrigley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wrigley, updated 20 October 2026.