# Wiley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wiley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwaɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wyly |
| US babies named this | 18,794 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,400 / 394 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 12,104 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,692 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,729 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,917 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,987 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,818 |
| 2017 | 21 | 6,030 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,778 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,319 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,839 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,228 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,787 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4,448 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,600 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,545 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 1,717 |
| 2012 | 111 | 1,465 |
| 2013 | 117 | 1,426 |
| 2014 | 120 | 1,412 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1,316 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,397 |
| 2017 | 122 | 1,428 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,450 |
| 2019 | 157 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 166 | 1,165 |
| 2021 | 197 | 1,080 |
| 2022 | 179 | 1,155 |
| 2023 | 186 | 1,136 |
| 2024 | 181 | 1,159 |
| 2025 | 165 | 1,226 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Wiley

- Wiley Post, American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world (1898–1935)
- Wiley Rutledge, American Supreme Court justice (1894-1949)
- Wiley Wiggins, American actor
- Wiley Maple, American alpine skier
- Harvey Wiley Corbett, American architect (1873–1954)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.