Wheeler
Wheeler is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. Its best rank was 392nd, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 450.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202445 births
- Best rank
- #392in 1899
- Since 1880
- 1,883people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,883 boys have been named Wheeler in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 45 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wheeler | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | |
| 1890s | 59 | |
| 1900s | 75 | |
| 1910s | 219 | |
| 1920s | 287 | |
| 1930s | 171 | |
| 1940s | 168 | |
| 1950s | 133 | |
| 1960s | 57 | |
| 1970s | 47 | |
| 1980s | 30 | |
| 1990s | 73 | |
| 2000s | 104 | |
| 2010s | 220 | |
| 2020s | 167 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Wheeler was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Wheeler
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Oriepeak 1917
- Luciuspeak 2022
- Richmondpeak 1921
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Finispeak 1922
- Godfreypeak 1918
- Luciouspeak 1926
- Hilliardpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.