Boys' name · peaked in 2017
Wyatt name popularity since 1925
208,742 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Wyatt (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Wyatt is about 13 years old in 2026. Wyatt peaked in 2017 as the #25 name for boys, and it ranked #38 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 208,742
- Named Wyatt, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #38
- for boys in 2025 (6,480 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 1,362 girls · 207,380 boys
- Most popular in
- Wyoming
- 2.81× its national share
Peak year is the year Wyatt made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Wyatt births per year, 1925–2025
2017 was the biggest year for Wyatt both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Wyatt became 5.3× more common, from 1 in 3,600 baby boys to 1 in 674.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Wyatt's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Wyatt.
Decade by decade
Babies named Wyatt in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 241 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 377 | #1,246 |
| 1940s | 0 | 472 | #1,038 |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,254 | #659 |
| 1960s | 0 | 765 | #836 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,626 | #610 |
| 1980s | 12 | 2,803 | #604 |
| 1990s | 42 | 17,936 | #128 |
| 2000s | 121 | 51,347 | #81 |
| 2010s | 513 | 87,745 | #34 |
| 2020–25 | 674 | 42,814 | #38 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.9% of babies named Wyatt from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Wyatt is most popular
The index compares Wyatt's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Wyatt.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 2.81× | 787 |
| Alaska | 2.72× | 838 |
| Idaho | 2.59× | 2,136 |
| Montana | 2.30× | 1,392 |
| Nevada | 2.30× | 1,702 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Wyatt's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Wyatt.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Wyatt (2017).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data