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Baby names starting with W

The girl and boy names starting with W given most often in the US in 2025.

Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026

In short

Among baby names starting with W, the most given in the US in 2025 were Willow, Wrenley, William, Wyatt. The two lists below rank up to 40 girl names and 40 boy names by the number of babies, from Social Security data; use the search box for any other name.

Ranked by the number of babies in 2025.

Girls

  1. Willow 4,763
  2. Wrenley 1,858
  3. Wren 1,331
  4. Wrenlee 851
  5. Willa 742
  6. Winter 732
  7. Wynter 676
  8. Winnie 646
  9. Winona 466
  10. Whitley 420
  11. Wrenleigh 414
  12. Winifred 284
  13. Waverly 244
  14. Whitney 238
  15. Winslow 199
  16. Wrenly 189
  17. Wendy 165
  18. Wyatt 145
  19. Wilhelmina 141
  20. Winry 140
  21. Wynn 120
  22. Wateen 112
  23. Winsley 110
  24. Wesley 101
  25. Walker 99
  26. Weslie 78
  27. Weslynn 76
  28. Westlynn 74
  29. Winnifred 70
  30. Wylie 65
  31. Wynonna 63
  32. Winslie 61
  33. Wisdom 61
  34. Wynona 61
  35. Wrynlee 59
  36. Wrenna 52
  37. Whitlee 49
  38. Wynnie 45
  39. Wilder 43
  40. Wilma 41

Boys

  1. William 10,545
  2. Wyatt 6,480
  3. Wesley 5,578
  4. Weston 5,482
  5. Waylon 5,408
  6. Walker 4,204
  7. Warren 1,471
  8. Walter 1,381
  9. Wade 948
  10. Wells 944
  11. Winston 830
  12. Wilder 743
  13. Westley 453
  14. Wayne 422
  15. Wylder 407
  16. Wilson 405
  17. Westin 396
  18. Wes 376
  19. Westyn 371
  20. Waylen 289
  21. Wesson 257
  22. Wallace 241
  23. Watson 224
  24. Wren 198
  25. Wylie 175
  26. Will 170
  27. Wiley 165
  28. Westen 162
  29. Wisdom 160
  30. West 159
  31. Willie 147
  32. Warner 137
  33. Woods 121
  34. Wolfgang 115
  35. Woodrow 102
  36. Wynn 95
  37. Wilmer 94
  38. Whitley 88
  39. Wolf 83
  40. Whit 79

About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data checked October 14, 2026
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