Wyman
Wyman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 706th, in 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192263 births
- Best rank
- #706in 1911
- Since 1898
- 3,066people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,066 boys have been named Wyman in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 63 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 63 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wyman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 255 | |
| 1920s | 479 | |
| 1930s | 404 | |
| 1940s | 443 | |
| 1950s | 463 | |
| 1960s | 313 | |
| 1970s | 221 | |
| 1980s | 135 | |
| 1990s | 116 | |
| 2000s | 84 | |
| 2010s | 73 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Wyman was the 870th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Wyman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Reynoldpeak 1922
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
- Regispeak 1917
- Weltonpeak 1924
- Earniepeak 1948
- Erskinepeak 1947
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.