Wolf
About Wolf
The name Wolf peaked for boys at #1604 in 2021. The name is most popular in New York, New York, and Colorado.
1 syllable.
As of September 2026, Wolf ranked #1902 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1604 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #818.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,513 | 50 | 26 |
| 2015 | #2,231 | 61 | 31.8 |
| 2016 | #2,109 | 67 | 35.3 |
| 2017 | #1,933 | 75 | 40.5 |
| 2018 | #1,835 | 83 | 45.7 |
| 2019 | #1,788 | 87 | 48.5 |
| 2020 | #1,827 | 82 | 47.5 |
| 2021 | #1,604 | 107 | 61.2 |
| 2022 | #1,703 | 100 | 57.3 |
| 2023 | #1,783 | 91 | 53.2 |
| 2024 | #1,812 | 90 | 52.2 |
| 2025 | #1,902 | 83 | 48.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Wolfs
- Wolf
nickname of Adolf Hitler
- Wolf Isaac Blitzer
American TV journalist
- Wolf Ruvinskis
Mexican actor
- Wolf Larson (born Wolfgang von Wyszecki)
German,Canadian actor
- Wolf Kahler
German actor
- Wolf Hoffmann
German guitarist of metal band Accept
- (Karl) Wolf Biermann
German singer,songwriter
- Wolf Mail
Canadian blues rock musician
- Wolf Martin Garber
birth name of Bill Macy, American actor
- Wolf Wiels (b. 2008)
son of singer Free Souffriau and Miguel Wiels
- Wolf Thomas Dres Stephan (b. 2013)
son of Princess Tatiana Luise of Hohenlohe,Langenburg and Hubertus Stephan; great,great,grandnephew of Prince Philip
- Wolf Robert Snow (b. 2014)
son of TV presenter Dan Snow
- Wolf Aurelius Hawkins (b. 2015)
son of fitness bloggers Tammy Hembrow and Reece Hawkins
- Wolf Rhys Meyers (b. 2016)
son of actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Wolf Dillon Reece Homme (b. 2016)
son of musicians Brody Dalle and Josh Homme
- Wolf Nine Carroll (b. 2017)
son of footballer Andy Carroll
- Elijah Wolf O'Connell
son of model Amanda Swafford and Tobias O'Connell
- Nakoa
Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa (b. 2008), son of actors Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet
- William Wolf Howey (b. 2009)
son of actors Sarah Shahi & Steve Howey
- Balthazar Wolf Burwell (b. 2015)
son of TV journalist Victoria Recano and Tom Burwell
- Scott Wolf
American actor
Wolf in pop culture
- Wolf
a wolf in the "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series by Michelle Paver
- Winston "The Wolf" Wolffe
character in film "Pulp Fiction"
- Wolf
character in the miniseries"The 10th Kingdom"
- Wolf Larsen
character in "The Sea,Wolf," a novel by Jack London
- Wolf aka Ze'ev Kesley
main character in "Lunar Chronicles" by Marissa Meyer
- Father and Mother Wolf
characters in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book
- Wolf
character in "The Talisman" by Stephen King and Peter Straub
- The Wolf aka Ezra
character in "The Night Angel Trilogy"
- Wolf
code name for a character in "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
- Bigby Wolf
character in the Fables comic series
- Wolf O'Donnell
character in the Star Fox video game series
- Sniper Wolf
character in video game Metal Gear Solid
- Wolf Hawkfield
character in the Virtua Fighter video game series
- The Big Bad Wolf
fairy tale villain
- Clawd Wolf
son of the werewolf in "Monster High" show and series
- Wolf Edmunds
an astronaut in "Interstellar"
Variations & nicknames
- UlfSwedish
- UlvNorwegian