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Wolfgang

Boy's name · #1519 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Wolfgang reached its best rank, #1282, in 2019 and ranked #1519 in 2025. Roughly 3,200 boys have been named Wolfgang since 1929.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#464 in Austria (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #2,429 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,610 in Canada (2024).

Famous Wolfgangs

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756–1791)
• Wolfgang Pauli — Physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
• Wolfgang Ketterle — German physicist
• Wolfgang Paul — German physicist (1913–1993)
• Wolfgang Schäuble — German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

In stories & tradition

• Wolfgang (Baron Strucker) — Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos
• Wolfgang Krauser — Fatal Fury 2 (video game)
• Wolfgang Grimmer^it — Monster (manga)

What Wolfgangs become

Among 10,036 notable people named Wolfgang:

Medical professionals appear 2.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Wolfgang Wodarg, German physician and politician.

Similar names: Kolt · Wolf · Thorin · Zeppelin · Waylen · Weslee

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