Wolfgang
Wolfgang is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 115 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1150.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021148 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1929
- 3,104people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,104 boys have been named Wolfgang in the United States since 1929, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 148 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 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 32%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wolfgang | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | |
| 1930s | 19 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 102 | |
| 1960s | 120 | |
| 1970s | 104 | |
| 1980s | 98 | |
| 1990s | 468 | |
| 2000s | 508 | |
| 2010s | 1,002 | |
| 2020s | 670 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Wolfgang 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 Wolfgang
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Steelepeak 2017
- Niallpeak 2024
- Kanepeak 2018
- Umarpeak 2024
- Kainepeak 2017
- Akrampeak 2023
- Kyreepeak 2017
- Ahronpeak 2023
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.