Wyler
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WY-ler
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Wyler is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Wyler mean?
Germanic: Swiss German surname
Film director William Wyler won three Best Director Oscars, including for Ben-Hur (1959).
Is Wyler a girl's or a boy's name?
Wyler 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 Wyler 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 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Wyler, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had fewer boys named Wyler than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Wyler in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wyler in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Wyler
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder, Wylder, Archer, Walker, Adler, Baker, Ledger, Hendrix, Ander, Miller, Vander, Asher
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Wyler: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wyler, updated 20 October 2026.