Masculine dossier · first seen 1929

Wolfgang

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Wolfgang
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

148

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1929Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

22.3%

2024

115

All-time

3,104

Wolfgang has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 148 boys were named Wolfgang.

In 2024, only 115 boys were given the name.

Down 22.3% from its peak.

All told, about 3,104 Americans have been named Wolfgang and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1929.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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