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“Modern coinage — a respelling of Wilder/Wylde” — Modern coinage origin
Boy's name · #671 in the US (2025) · Trending
The whole story of Wylder fits in one generation — unrecorded before 2005, about 2,500 boys since, and a 2025 rank of #671 (410 newborns last year). Together with its spelling variant Wilder (#431), Wylder would rank around #293 with about 1,200 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Wilder and Wylder.
Around the world: about 1 in 4,000 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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