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Boy's name · #1251 in the US (2025) · Trending
62% boys · 38% girls — Wisdom is also given to girls: 61 in 2025, about 38% in recent years. Wisdom →
Wisdom is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1988, it stood at #1251 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 1,100 boys have been named Wisdom along the way.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#823 in Italy (2024) · #3,256 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,488 in Austria (2025) · #6,538 in France (2025) · #2,061 in Canada (2021) · #8,999 in Ecuador (2018) · #2,374 in Sweden (2017) · #1,387 in Belgium (2014) · #698 in Ireland (2008).
Among 23 notable people named Wisdom:
Sports figures appear 2.72× more often than among typical names — e.g. Wisdom Amey, Italian footballer (born 2005).
Similar names: Masai · Winter · Zakari · Whitaker · Whitley · Lyam
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