Wylde
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WYLD
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Wylde is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wild, untamed”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Wylde mean?
English: stylised spelling of wild; also an English surname
“wild, untamed”
A stylised spelling of wild; Wylde and Wilde are also English surnames from Old English wilde 'untamed'.
Is Wylde a girl's or a boy's name?
Wylde is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wylde in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Wylde, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Wylde in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wylde in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
Names like Wylde
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Truce, Ace, Saint, Banks, Wilder, Prince, Rome, Rhodes, Coast, Hayes, Wells, Cove
Names related to Wylde
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Wylde: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wylde, updated 20 October 2026.