Wilder

What Wilder means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Wilder yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #429 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Wilder?

US: Rising: up from #958 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 890 boys got the name (#366 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 2,299 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,772 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (6.6 per 1,000 boys), SD (2.6 per 1,000 boys), ME (2.08 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Wilder is #429 in the US and #976 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.5% of US babies named Wilder were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Walter1,381 US · 127 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Wilder

Boys

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Brooks#64Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*

For a sister

• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Wilder’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.