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Wolfgang

Pronounced /ˈwʊlf.ɡæŋ/

Rank in 2024
#1,526
Born in 2024
115
Peak year
2021 · #1282
Origin
German

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 115 boys were named Wolfgang, about 1 in every 14,916.
  • It peaked in 2021 with 148 babies, ranked #1282.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1929.
  • 3,104 boys have been named Wolfgang since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Wolfgang per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 27 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 166 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 171 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 387 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 901 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,452 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from German Wolfgang (reinforced by Medieval Latin Wolfgangus), from Middle High German Wolfgang, from Old High German Wolfgang, from wolf (“wolf”) + gang (“path, course”).

  • A male given name from German.
Origin
German
Say it
/ˈwʊlf.ɡæŋ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Wolfgang, CC BY-SA 4.0.