Wright Popularity by Year
Follow Wright across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Wright birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 24 | #4,249 | Down 49 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 25 | #4,200 | Up 20 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 25 | #4,220 | Down 341 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 28 | #3,879 | Up 1,683 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 16 | #5,562 | Down 1,287 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 23 | #4,275 | Up 1,280 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 16 | #5,555 | Up 215 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 15 | #5,770 | Down 2,092 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 29 | #3,678 | Up 2,375 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 14 | #6,053 | Up 271 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 13 | #6,324 | Up 2,457 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 8 | #8,781 | Down 2,540 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 13 | #6,241 | Down 759 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 16 | #5,482 | Up 1,527 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 11 | #7,009 | Up 3,757 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Down 3,964 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 12 | #6,802 | Up 2,217 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 8 | #9,019 | Down 1,592 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 10 | #7,427 | Down 492 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 9 | #6,935 | Up 2,977 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 1,941 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 6 | #7,971 | Down 2,470 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 10 | #5,501 | Up 367 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 9 | #5,868 | Up 260 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 8 | #6,128 | Up 1,143 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Down 330 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Up 329 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | Down 2,302 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 8 | #4,968 | Up 179 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Up 414 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | Down 77 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 6 | #5,484 | Up 135 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 6 | #5,619 | Down 151 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 6 | #5,468 | Down 533 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Up 529 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 5 | #5,464 | Down 2,019 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 9 | #3,445 | Down 293 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 10 | #3,152 | Down 531 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 13 | #2,621 | Up 974 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 7 | #3,595 | Down 688 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 9 | #2,907 | Up 324 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 7 | #3,231 | Down 766 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 11 | #2,465 | Up 517 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Down 128 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 9 | #2,854 | Down 315 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 11 | #2,539 | Up 134 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 10 | #2,673 | Up 424 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 8 | #3,097 | Down 976 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 15 | #2,121 | Up 542 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 10 | #2,663 | Down 293 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 12 | #2,370 | Up 261 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 10 | #2,631 | Down 270 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 12 | #2,361 | Down 59 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 12 | #2,302 | Up 14 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 12 | #2,316 | Up 589 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 8 | #2,905 | Down 225 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 9 | #2,680 | Down 545 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 13 | #2,135 | Down 320 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 17 | #1,815 | Down 113 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 19 | #1,702 | Up 516 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 12 | #2,218 | Down 368 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 17 | #1,850 | Up 684 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 9 | #2,534 | Down 292 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 10 | #2,242 | Down 432 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 15 | #1,810 | Up 23 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 16 | #1,833 | Up 553 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 10 | #2,386 | Down 483 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Down 470 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 22 | #1,433 | Up 525 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 13 | #1,958 | Up 227 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 11 | #2,185 | Up 720 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 7 | #2,905 | Down 1,033 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 14 | #1,872 | Down 164 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 17 | #1,708 | Up 224 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 14 | #1,932 | Down 288 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 18 | #1,644 | Up 278 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 15 | #1,922 | Down 495 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 24 | #1,427 | Up 652 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 14 | #2,079 | Down 146 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 16 | #1,933 | Down 411 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 24 | #1,522 | Down 6 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 25 | #1,516 | Up 558 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 15 | #2,074 | Down 684 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 28 | #1,390 | Up 68 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 27 | #1,458 | Down 100 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 29 | #1,358 | Up 187 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 24 | #1,545 | Down 185 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 30 | #1,360 | Up 282 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 22 | #1,642 | Down 291 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 28 | #1,351 | Up 476 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 18 | #1,827 | Down 390 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 24 | #1,437 | Down 172 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 28 | #1,265 | Down 183 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 35 | #1,082 | Down 9 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 28 | #1,073 | Up 132 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 18 | #1,205 | Down 205 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 21 | #1,000 | Down 18 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 12 | #982 | Up 63 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 10 | #1,045 | Down 241 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 13 | #804 | Up 413 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 6 | #1,217 | Down 439 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 12 | #778 | Up 224 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 7 | #1,002 | Down 36 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 7 | #966 | Down 56 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 7 | #910 | Up 227 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 5 | #1,137 | Down 358 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 8 | #779 | Up 271 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 7 | #1,050 | Down 529 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 14 | #521 | Up 283 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 8 | #804 | Down 123 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 10 | #681 | Up 420 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 5 | #1,101 | Down 314 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 8 | #787 | Down 137 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 10 | #650 | Down 78 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 13 | #572 | Up 25 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 10 | #597 | Up 287 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 6 | #884 | Down 6 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 6 | #878 | Down 123 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 8 | #755 | Up 64 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 6 | #819 | Up 140 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | Down 318 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 9 | #641 | Up 60 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 8 | #701 | Down 104 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 10 | #597 | Up 269 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 5 | #866 | Up 43 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 5 | #909 | — |