Wylee
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- WY-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Wylee is a name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Wylee mean?
Scottish: spelling of Wylie; Scottish surname from a pet form of William; also an English place-name surname
In Scotland Wylie is a surname that grew out of a pet form of William.
Meaning borrowed from Wylie.
Is Wylee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Wylee has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Wylee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Wylee, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979. 13 girls were also named Wylee in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Wylee in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 368 boys in the US were given Wylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #683, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 32% of the babies named Wylee in the US were girls.
Wylee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Wylee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lachlan Finley Kyrie Wilder Lennox Walker Brody Kayden Gael Beckett Callan Kyaire
Other spellings of Wylee
Names related to Wylee
More Scottish names
Isla Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Skye Knox Dallas Lochlan Reid
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, “Wylee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wylee, updated 20 October 2026.