Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Wolf

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Wolf
Welsh

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Animal
  • Celestial
  • Green
  • Nature
  • Star/Planet
  • Surname
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Wolf

Pronunciation

wo-lf

Famous People

Journalist Wolf Blitzer, Actor Wolf Larson

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1597, 107 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1886, 83 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202583
202490
202391
2022100
2021107
202082
201987
201883
201775
201667

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #949, 32 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1613, 16 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202516
202415
202323
202232
202119
202030
201914
201818
201715
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1943 (rank #405, 9 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4262, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20224
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #711, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #627, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
20225
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence