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Wyatt

Gender
Boy
Say it
WY-at
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#303 for boys
US rank, 2025
#38 for boys

Wyatt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “brave in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 303rd for boys in the UK (167 babies) and 38th for boys in the US (6,480 babies).

What does Wyatt mean?

English: from a surname, from the medieval name Wyot

“brave in battle”

From a surname derived from Wyot, a medieval form of Old English Wigheard; Wyatt Earp of the American Old West is a famous bearer.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Wyatt a girl's or a boy's name?

Wyatt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 167 boys in the UK and 145 girls and 6,480 boys in the US.

How popular is Wyatt in the UK?

Rank in 2025
303rd among boys
Babies in 2025
167 about 1 in 1,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 167 boys in the UK were named Wyatt, making it the 303rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 285th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 227 boys.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the boys named Wyatt in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 306th in England and Wales, 298th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 227 in 20172025
Wyatt in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025167#303
2024166#298
2023148#332
2022145#348
2021171#309
2020184#285
2019177#308
2018202#281
2017227#261
2016187#307
2015152#345
2014145#346
2013117#395
201288#493
2011112#395
201088#468
200971#540
200883#480
200795#418
200688#423
200574#441
200427#864
20034#2,990
20020–
20017#1,833
20005#2,237
199911#1,267
19988#1,569
19979#1,412
19965#2,094

How popular is Wyatt in the US?

Rank in 2025
38th among boys
Babies in 2025
6,480 about 1 in 260 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 26% in five years
Same name in a class
5.2% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6,480 boys in the US were named Wyatt, making it the 38th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 29th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9,727 boys. 145 girls were also named Wyatt in 2025 (1,478th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Wyatt in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 9,727 in 20172025
Wyatt in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256,480#38
20246,605#38
20236,273#47
20227,184#38
20218,049#29
20208,223#29
20198,836#29
20189,183#27
20179,727#25
20169,581#33
20159,659#34
20148,895#39
20138,567#42
20128,233#41
20117,687#48
20107,377#57
20097,404#60
20087,313#62
20076,522#69
20065,835#82
20055,356#81
20044,974#90
20033,699#109
20023,232#121
20013,601#107
20003,411#110
19992,895#131
19982,722#137
19972,747#137
19962,789#134
19952,826#128
19941,544#197
1993628#375
1992645#366
1991569#400
1990571#403
1989480#428
1988380#469
1987364#463
1986294#517
1985210#604
1984206#588
1983207#592
1982206#599
1981223#571
1980233#565
1979193#614
1978189#607
1977177#636
1976183#601
1975179#607
1974148#665
1973139#676
1972150#655
1971145#688
1970123#742
196997#782
196881#821
196757#955
196658#950
196578#831
196471#901
196367#910
196272#895
196180#854
1960104#756
1959137#656
1958184#570
1957278#460
1956258#468
1955124#658
195457#984
195364#894
195256#952
195146#1,051
195050#976
194949#996
194853#953
194746#1,063
194644#1,031
194539#1,015
194453#870
194350#943
194250#933
194142#987
194046#939
193943#954
193835#1,095
193737#1,056
193638#1,028
193530#1,226
193435#1,116
193332#1,159
193247#952
193136#1,128
193044#1,037
192942#1,055
192863#826
192744#1,060
192643#1,064
192549#973
192466#838
192359#882
192249#1,010
192149#1,002
192051#965
191984#677
191865#809
191748#919
191646#939
191554#832
191443#802
191335#806
191229#816
191116#823
191014#822
190920#590
190812#779
190714#699
19068#926
190511#741
19046#1,063
190311#696
19026#1,012
190112#596
190014#679
189913#548
189813#610
189710#681
189620#438
189511#640
189418#464
189314#509
189211#640
18915#962
189012#566
188915#482
188816#484
188711#544
188612#540
18859#641
188413#520
18836#798
188212#540
188114#460
188015#465

Names like Wyatt

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hunter, Grayson, Mason, Hudson, Carter, Cooper, Marley, Jaxon, Parker, Noah, Caleb, Jonah

Other spellings of Wyatt

Whyatt

Names related to Wyatt

Wyett, Wyatte, Wyat, Wiatt

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison, River

Every English name

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, “Wyatt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wyatt, updated 20 October 2026.