Wylder
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Meaning
a modern American spelling of Wilder, from an English surname meaning "wild, untamed", from Old English wilde
How popular is Wylder around the world?
In the United States, 2,021 babies were named Wylder between 2020 and 2025. In Canada, 40 boys named Wylder were born in 2024, the 679th most common name among boys that year.
Wylder is on the official records of the United States, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 11,000
In the United States, 2,021 babies were named Wylder between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Wylder peaked in the 2020s. Wylder went to 56 US babies in 2015 and 448 in 2025, 8.0 times as many.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 9,100
In Canada, 40 boys named Wylder were born in 2024, the 679th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 45,000
In England and Wales, 13 boys named Wylder were born in 2025, ranked 1,897th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on 14 other recordsWhy
- Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
- Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only).
- Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Wylder
Most people given the name Wylder in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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