Wylder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WYLE-der
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #669 for boys
Wylder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wild, untamed”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 669th for boys in the US (407 babies).
What does Wylder mean?
English: spelling of Wilder, a surname linked to the word wild
“wild, untamed”
A respelling of Wilder, the surname of the novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder and the playwright Thornton Wilder.
Is Wylder a girl's or a boy's name?
Wylder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 41 girls and 407 boys in the US.
How popular is Wylder in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 245% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Wylder, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wylder in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Wylder in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
How popular is Wylder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #669among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 407about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 183% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 407 boys in the US were named Wylder, making it the 669th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,209th. It first appears in the records in 2005. 41 girls were also named Wylder in 2025 (3,644th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had the most boys named Wylder of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Wylder in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wylder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 407 | #669 |
| 2024 | 403 | #677 |
| 2023 | 370 | #718 |
| 2022 | 283 | #855 |
| 2021 | 229 | #973 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,209 |
| 2019 | 133 | #1,347 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,518 |
| 2016 | 73 | #1,975 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Names like Wylder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer River Cooper Hudson Oakley Asher Carter Albie Hunter Wilder Parker Jaxon
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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, “Wylder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wylder, updated 20 October 2026.