How Many People Are Named Wagner?
An estimated 324 people in the United States have the first name Wagner. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Wagner peaked in popularity in 2009 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Wagner as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Wagner paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
324
About 1 in 1,057,884 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2009
15 births
Total Registered
337
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Wagner
Wagner is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 337 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Wagner as a male name
Ranked #6,782 in 2024
13 male births in 2024
Peak: 2009 (15 births)
Wagner: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Wagner span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 87 babies were registered. While Wagner is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Wagner by Decade
How has Wagner tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Wagner + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Wagner as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Wagner
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Wagner: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wagner?
We estimate approximately 324 people named Wagner are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,057,884 Americans share this first name.
Is Wagner a common name?
Wagner is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 337 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Wagner most popular?
Wagner reached peak popularity in 2009, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Wagner is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Wagner a male name?
Wagner is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Wagner Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Wagner Smith, Wagner Johnson, Wagner Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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