Wylie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WY-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,176 for boys
Wylie is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,176th for boys in the US (175 babies).
What does Wylie mean?
Scottish: 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.
Is Wylie a girl's or a boy's name?
Wylie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 65 girls and 175 boys in the US.
How popular is Wylie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Wylie, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Wylie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
How popular is Wylie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,176among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 175about 1 in 9,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 175 boys in the US were named Wylie, making it the 1,176th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. 65 girls were also named Wylie in 2025 (2,645th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Wylie of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Wylie in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 368 boys in the US were given Wylie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #683, up from #1,176 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 7% of the babies named Wylie in the US in 1924, and 27% in 2025.
Wylie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | #1,176 |
| 2024 | 164 | #1,224 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,547 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,280 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,698 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,593 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 98 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 75 | #1,931 |
| 2014 | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 77 | #1,850 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,076 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,923 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 45 | #2,192 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,348 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,289 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,299 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,170 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,090 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,181 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,036 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 51 | #884 |
| 1944 | 49 | #906 |
| 1943 | 51 | #933 |
| 1942 | 48 | #958 |
| 1941 | 57 | #839 |
| 1940 | 50 | #893 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 54 | #846 |
| 1937 | 51 | #858 |
| 1936 | 57 | #811 |
| 1935 | 61 | #790 |
| 1934 | 51 | #881 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1932 | 59 | #829 |
| 1931 | 51 | #901 |
| 1930 | 56 | #885 |
| 1929 | 63 | #815 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 52 | #964 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,010 |
| 1925 | 55 | #909 |
| 1924 | 71 | #797 |
| 1923 | 56 | #913 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1920 | 63 | #853 |
| 1919 | 61 | #839 |
| 1918 | 56 | #889 |
| 1917 | 51 | #892 |
| 1916 | 50 | #888 |
| 1915 | 53 | #846 |
| 1914 | 40 | #855 |
| 1913 | 34 | #818 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 22 | #558 |
| 1908 | 19 | #585 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 16 | #592 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 17 | #603 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 18 | #476 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Names like Wylie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Wylie
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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, “Wylie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wylie, updated 20 October 2026.