# Wolf (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wolf/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “wolf” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wolfe |
| US babies named this | 1,658 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,658 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 232, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English and German short forms of given names containing the Germanic element "wolf".

## What it means

Wolf is grouped under wolf.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,983 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,242 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,399 |
| 2014 | 50 | 2,514 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,231 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,109 |
| 2017 | 75 | 1,933 |
| 2018 | 83 | 1,836 |
| 2019 | 87 | 1,788 |
| 2020 | 82 | 1,829 |
| 2021 | 107 | 1,605 |
| 2022 | 100 | 1,703 |
| 2023 | 91 | 1,785 |
| 2024 | 90 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 83 | 1,902 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 30 | 944 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Wolf

- Wolf Hoffmann, German heavy metal guitarist
- Wolf Blitzer, American journalist and television news anchor (born 1948)
- Wolf Huber, German painter and architect. (c.1485-1553)
- Wolf Albach-Retty, Austrian actor (1906-1967)
- Wolf Kahler, German actor (born 1940)
- Wolf Haas, Austrian writer
- Wolf Erlbruch, German illustrator and writer (1948–2022)
- Wolf Bickel, German astronomer
- Wolf Gremm, German film director (1942-2015)
- Wolf Rüdiger Hess, Architect and writer; Son of Rudolf Hess (1937-2001)
- Wolf Bachofner, Austrian actor
- Wolf Roth, German actor

## 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.