The name Wiley is of English origin, and means water meadow.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wiley has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Wiley
Use of the Name Wiley for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
13,958
2,353
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wiley has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Wiley last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1974, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Wiley
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
170
78
1881
163
76
1882
150
92
1883
173
72
1884
178
80
1885
175
76
1886
247
49
1887
189
66
1888
220
64
1889
185
73
1890
215
60
1891
226
51
1892
213
69
1893
251
50
1894
214
63
1895
226
61
1896
232
62
1897
222
59
1898
248
51
1899
237
50
1900
265
61
1901
214
64
1902
247
57
1903
255
52
1904
242
61
1905
276
52
1906
303
46
1907
276
58
1908
252
71
1909
274
68
1910
288
73
1911
321
73
1912
367
113
1913
327
156
1914
399
143
1915
369
211
1916
425
177
1917
350
256
1918
388
239
1919
381
234
1920
369
265
1921
340
303
1922
355
278
1923
350
287
1924
394
238
1925
379
249
1926
366
255
1927
365
254
1928
352
263
1929
381
230
1930
395
213
1931
373
223
1932
366
233
1933
371
214
1934
365
225
1935
324
287
1936
342
253
1937
366
221
1938
365
235
1939
391
209
1940
389
215
1941
389
220
1942
431
205
1943
411
226
1944
388
241
1945
429
191
1946
475
183
1947
441
231
1948
417
258
1949
462
204
1950
469
204
1951
506
179
1952
506
189
1953
505
192
1954
574
165
1955
563
171
1956
565
180
1957
596
166
1958
671
128
1959
617
158
1960
671
136
1961
706
118
1962
727
112
1963
696
125
1964
714
118
1965
664
125
1966
705
111
1967
690
117
1968
766
94
1969
813
91
1970
833
94
1971
833
95
1972
909
78
1973
984
68
1974
997
68
Totals:
13,958
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Wiley as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Wiley appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 95 times during the last 125 years.