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How popular is the name Wolfe?
Births per year, rank history and how many Wolfes are alive today.
Wolfe (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Wolf in England and Wales, ranked 1538th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2022, when 24 babies were given the name, the 1143rd most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Wolf you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Wolfs born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 410 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Wolf - on average, only one in every 740 such rooms contains a Wolf.
How many babies are named Wolfe each year?
Includes all spellings: Wolfe, Wolf. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Wolfe spelling rank?
Where does the Wolf spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Wolfe most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Wolf, peaked in 2022, when 56 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Wolfe spelling itself peaked in 2022, with 24 babies.
How many people are called Wolfe?
At least 410 people named Wolfe in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Wolfe?
Most living Wolfes are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 5.
Is Wolfe becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.