Fun Facts About the Name Wisteria
- 99 babies named Wisteria: U.S. records list 99 babies given the name Wisteria from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Wisteria Mean?
Wisteria is an English given name taken from the name of the wisteria, a genus of climbing vines. The plant name is New Latin: it honors Caspar Wistar, an American physician and anatomist, and uses the Latin suffix -ia, common in botanical genus names. Its literal sense is therefore "Wistar's plant," not a descriptive Latin word for the flower.
Because the given name comes directly from the plant, associations with blossoms, climbing growth, or purple color are later symbolic or visual associations rather than part of its etymology.
Wisteria Name History & Origins
The genus Wisteria was named by the English botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1818, in recognition of Caspar Wistar (1761 - 1818), a Philadelphia physician and professor of anatomy. The genus name is based on Wistar's surname; older botanical writing also uses the spelling Wistaria, while Wisteria is the standard modern form. The genus includes woody twining vines native to East Asia and North America, and the plants are grown for their hanging clusters of flowers.
In English, Wisteria is a given name drawn directly from the plant rather than from a saint's name or a medieval surname. It belongs with other plant-derived English given names, such as Violet and Lily, but its personal-name history is essentially the history of the plant word itself. Its use for girls reflects the plant's familiar name and ornamental associations.
How Popular is the Name Wisteria?
Wisteria has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,309 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,309 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #10,195 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #6,658 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #11,182 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #12,130 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #13,384 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #9,696 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #14,757 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #17,991 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #11,938 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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