Wilder

Meaning: Wild; untamed
Origin: English/German

Boy's name · #431 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Wilder first appeared in 1914, vanished from the records entirely for 16 years, and since returning in 1969 has climbed back to #431. About 8,200 boys have carried it in all.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#670 in Ireland (2025) · #950 in Scotland (2025) · #1,004 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,371 in Ecuador (2025) · #502 in Canada (2024).

Famous Wilders

Wilder Penfield — Canadian neurosurgeon, college football player and coach (1891–1976)
Wilder Cartagena — Peruvian footballer
Wilder Viera — Paraguayan footballer (born 2002)
Wilder Dwight Bancroft — American physical chemist (1867–1953)
Wilder Guisao — Colombian association football player

What Wilders become

Among 44 notable people named Wilder:

No single standout — notable Wilders spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Wylder (#671), Wilder would rank around #293 with about 1,200 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Wilder and Wylder.

Similar names: Huxley · Willem · Waylen · Ledger · Kaiser · Oakley

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