Wylder
Quick answers about Wylder
How many people are named Wylder?
An estimated 2,494 living Americans are named Wylder.
How rare is Wylder?
Wylder is uncommon among babies today, with 407 boys receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Wylder?
The median age of a living American named Wylder is approximately 4 years, with most bearers falling between 2 and 7 years old.
Is Wylder still popular?
Yes — Wylder is currently rising in popularity, with 407 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 10.6× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Wylder most common?
Wylder has its strongest geographic signal in Tennessee, where it appears 2.0× more often than the national baseline.
Wylder is most concentrated in Tennessee — about 2.0× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Washington and Georgia.
States where Wylder is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.