Wolf
Wolf is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 90 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 900.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021107 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,574people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,574 boys have been named Wolf in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 107 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 35%.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Wolf was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Wolf
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cedarpeak 2022
- Amirpeak 2023
- Osirispeak 2020
- Alaricpeak 2020
- Sulaimanpeak 2023
- Boazpeak 2023
- Kilianpeak 2023
- Kabirpeak 2021
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.