Meaning and history
From a surname derived from various English place names, including towns called Willey and the River Wylye.
20062006: 101 births, rank #1,501
2007: 77 births, rank #1,861
2008: 98 births, rank #1,603
2009: 99 births, rank #1,604
2010: 103 births, rank #1,552
20112011: 87 births, rank #1,703
2012: 111 births, rank #1,462
2013: 117 births, rank #1,420
2014: 120 births, rank #1,402
2015: 135 births, rank #1,307
20162016: 126 births, rank #1,389
2017: 122 births, rank #1,421
2018: 121 births, rank #1,443
2019: 157 births, rank #1,214
2020: 166 births, rank #1,160
20212021: 197 births, rank #1,076
2022: 179 births, rank #1,155
2023: 186 births, rank #1,134
2024: 181 births, rank #1,155
20252025: 165 births, rank #1,222
Wiley moved from #910 to #986 for boys between 1972 and 1973. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 304 births.