Wilder: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “wild; untamed”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- WYL-der · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (93% of all uses)
Transferred from an English surname. It likely arose as a nickname for a wild or unruly person, from Middle English wilde.
How popular is Wilder?
Babies named Wilder in 2024879
2024 rank#391 boys
Peak year2021
Total US babies since 18808,042
Wilder is rising: use over the last five years is 9.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Wilder
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Wilder questions
What does the name Wilder mean?
Wilder means "wild; untamed". It comes from English. Transferred from an English surname. It likely arose as a nickname for a wild or unruly person, from Middle English wilde.
Is Wilder a boy or girl name?
Wilder is mainly a boy's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Wilder?
879 US babies were named Wilder in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.
How do you pronounce Wilder?
Wilder is usually pronounced WYL-der.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.