Given name & surname
Wild
Wild is a surname from Middle English. It is used in English and German.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wild through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54
- 47 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,915 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,915 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,181 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wild’s family of names
In German usage, Wild as a surname has a related form in Wilde. In German usage, Wild as a surname has a related form in WILDT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Wild, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“Venta of the Belgae”
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Kidd
“resembling a young goat”
>99% boys
Walsh
“Welsh(man)”
>99% boys
Trump
“trumpet”
>99% boys
Crow
“crow, raven”
>99% boys
Salter
“player of psaltery”
>99% boys
Sykes
“marshy stream, gutter, ditch”
>99% boys
Power
“poor”
85% boys · 15% girls