Wolf
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Wolf
Wolf is a name with a split personality. It can be seen as one of the fierce animal names, like Fox and Bear and Puma, with a touch of the werewolf, or it can be viewed as a quieter, Wolf Blitzer kind of name, fairly common in German (where is pronounced Vulf) and Jewish families, sometimes as a short form of Wolfgang, or even Wolfram or Wolfhart.
Wolf for boys#1902 US
CNN newscaster Blitzer inherited the name from his grandfather. Other Wolfs of note include British screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz, who was instrumental in the early James Bond films, painter Wolf Kahn, and the hero of Jack London's 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf, Wolf Larsen.
Despite all it has going for it, Wolf is relatively rare and has never been given to more than 80 babies in a single year. But now that Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott chose it for their infant son, Wolf is primed to climb the charts.
Spelling variations Wolfe or Woolf push it into surname territory, while nickname Wolfie definitely domesticates it.
Wolf for girls
Notable Wolfs like Blitzer, Mankowitz, and Kahn give this name a masculine bent, but nature names are inherently unisex, so we see no reason why Wolf can't be used on a baby girl.
Historically Wolf has been more common among German (where it's pronounced Vulf) and Jewish families, occasionally as a nickname for Wolfgang.
The nickname Wolfie softens and feminizes Wolf, while Wolfe turns it into a surname.
Pronounced WOOLF.
As of October 2026, Wolf ranked #1902 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1604 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #507.
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
Wolf for boys
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- Wolf Isaac BlitzerBoy
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- Wolf KahlerBoy
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- Wolf HoffmannBoy
German guitarist of metal band Accept
- (Karl) Wolf BiermannBoy
German singer,songwriter
- Wolf MailBoy
Canadian blues rock musician
- Wolf Martin GarberBoy
birth name of Bill Macy, American actor
- Wolf Wiels (b. 2008)Boy
son of singer Free Souffriau and Miguel Wiels
- Wolf Thomas Dres Stephan (b. 2013)Boy
son of Princess Tatiana Luise of Hohenlohe,Langenburg and Hubertus Stephan; great,great,grandnephew of Prince Philip
- Wolf Robert Snow (b. 2014)Boy
son of TV presenter Dan Snow
- Wolf Aurelius Hawkins (b. 2015)Boy
son of fitness bloggers Tammy Hembrow and Reece Hawkins
- Wolf Rhys Meyers (b. 2016)Boy
son of actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Wolf Dillon Reece Homme (b. 2016)Boy
son of musicians Brody Dalle and Josh Homme
- Wolf Nine Carroll (b. 2017)Boy
son of footballer Andy Carroll
- Elijah Wolf O'ConnellBoy
son of model Amanda Swafford and Tobias O'Connell
- NakoaBoy
Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa (b. 2008), son of actors Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet
- William Wolf Howey (b. 2009)Boy
son of actors Sarah Shahi & Steve Howey
- Balthazar Wolf Burwell (b. 2015)Boy
son of TV journalist Victoria Recano and Tom Burwell
- Scott WolfBoy
American actor
- Wolfgang 'Wolf'Girl
daughter of actress Christian Serratos.
Wolf in pop culture
- WolfBoy
a wolf in the "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series by Michelle Paver
- Winston "The Wolf" WolffeBoy
character in film "Pulp Fiction"
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character in the miniseries"The 10th Kingdom"
- Wolf LarsenBoy
character in "The Sea,Wolf," a novel by Jack London
- Wolf aka Ze'ev KesleyBoy
main character in "Lunar Chronicles" by Marissa Meyer
- Father and Mother WolfBoy
characters in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book
- WolfBoy
character in "The Talisman" by Stephen King and Peter Straub
- The Wolf aka EzraBoy
character in "The Night Angel Trilogy"
- WolfBoy
code name for a character in "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
- Bigby WolfBoy
character in the Fables comic series
- Wolf O'DonnellBoy
character in the Star Fox video game series
- Sniper WolfBoy
character in video game Metal Gear Solid
- Wolf HawkfieldBoy
character in the Virtua Fighter video game series
- The Big Bad WolfBoy
fairy tale villain
- Clawd WolfBoy
son of the werewolf in "Monster High" show and series
- Wolf EdmundsBoy
an astronaut in "Interstellar"