Wiley

Meaning: Not established
Origin: English surname — From places named Willey, or from the River Wylye in Wiltshire

Boy's name · #1226 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Wiley holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1226 in 2025). About 18,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Wiley is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Wiley ranks in other countries and regions.

#6,990 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,072 in Canada (2024) · #6,652 in France (2024) · #4,608 in England & Wales (2020).

Famous Wileys

Wiley Post — American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world (1898–1935)
Wiley — British rapper (born 1979)
Wiley Wiggins — American actor (born 1976)
Wiley Nickel — American politician (born 1975)
Wiley Rutledge — US Supreme Court justice from 1943 to 1949 (1894–1949)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 49,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Samira Wiley — American actress (born 1987)
Kehinde Wiley — American portrait painter (born 1977)
Caleb Wiley — American footballer (born 2004)

In stories & tradition

Wiley — Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (TV series)

What Wileys become

Among 48 notable people named Wiley:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.74× more often than among typical names — e.g. Wiley Rutledge, US Supreme Court justice from 1943 to 1949 (1894–1949).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Wylie (#1182), Wiley would rank around #757 with about 340 births last year — the newborns split about 51/49 between Wylie and Wiley.

Similar names: Wylie · Harris · Will · Harley · Coy · Perry

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