Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wolf” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wolf” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wolf” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wolf” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wolf” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wolf” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wolf” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wolf” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 21 0.000005523 21 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 27 0.000006825 27 -100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 -100%
2008 25 0.00000636 25 -100%
2009 28 0.00000733 28 -100%
2010 29 0.000007847 29 -100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 -100%
2012 24 0.000006562 24 -100%
2013 53 0.000014538 53 -100%
2014 50 0.00001349 50 -100%
2015 61 0.000016482 61 -100%
2016 67 0.000018263 67 -100%
2017 75 0.000020972 75 -100%
2018 83 0.000023607 83 -100%
2019 87 0.000025065 87 -100%
2020 82 0.000024547 82 -100%
2021 107 0.000031583 107 -100%
2022 100 0.000029558 100 -100%
2023 91 0.000027483 91 -100%
2024 90 0.000027039 90 -100%

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