Wilder

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Wilder: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Wilder: Recorded since 2008, its highest recorded position is #577, reached in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#577highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2021	#5581

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #800 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2008–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4432 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #800 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wilder by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Wilder in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	38	4 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	126	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Wilder appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #577 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Wilder's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#800	41	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2008 and 2025, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #577, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Wilfie · #348, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Salaar · #577, 16y
Elon · #572, 14y
Airah · #594, 11y
Aairah · #597, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Salaar · #577, 16y
Shaurya · #577, 21y
Shivansh · #577, 17y
Timotei · #577, 16y

Wilder was ranked #577 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Wilder and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Wilder without appearing here.

Wilder moved ahead of

Willow Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1506 and #4702.
Anders Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1506 and #3937.
Gustav Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1506 and #3937.
Isak Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #2052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.

Moved the opposite way to Wilder

Aaron Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 while Aaron went from #55 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 while Alan went from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 while Alex went from #47 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 while Alexander went from #19 to #36.

Moved the same way as Wilder

Aksel Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 and Aksel from #3158 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 and Albie from #341 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 and Archie from #31 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilder went from #4432 to #800 and Arlo from #567 to #15.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #577 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wilder

Wilder at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wilder by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Wilder at a glance

Wilder by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Wilder

Wilder and the names beside it

Wilder moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Wilder

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