Wheeler
Wheeler reached its high-water mark in 2024 at number 2,835, and has been recorded 1,921 times in all. In 2025 it ranked 3,450th. About 900 Wheelers are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 17.
Popularity, 1880–2025
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By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,921
- Estimated living today
- 900
- Median age today
- 17
- Peak year
- 2024
- Best rank
- 2,835th
- Rank in 2025
- 3,450th
- First recorded
- 1880
- Girls / boys
- 5 / 1,916
How old the living Wheelers are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,921 babies given the name since 1880, about 900 are alive — 47 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 2008 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Wheelers
- Wheeler Vivian Oakman (1890–1949)American silent film actor
- Wheeler Dryden (1892–1957)English-born American actor
People named Wheeler with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Wheeler is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Wheeler is most concentrated in Alabama (23.0×), North Carolina (7.7×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 2024
The most popular boys’ names the year Wheeler peaked:
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.