Fun Facts About the Name Wylene
- 980 babies named Wylene: U.S. records list 980 babies given the name Wylene from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Wylene Mean?
Wylene is a feminine given name used chiefly in the United States. Its etymology is not securely documented. The most plausible explanation is that it is an American feminine formation in -ene - a suffix that spread widely in English-speaking naming, as in Darlene, Charlene, and Marlene - built on the surname or given name Wiley/Wylie. If that explanation is correct, the name's literal sense would be whatever Wiley means, but that surname's own origin is disputed, so nothing firm follows from it.
The surname Wiley, with its variant Wylie, is Scottish and English. Proposed sources include the River Wylye in Wiltshire, a place name of uncertain and probably Brittonic origin, and the Middle English word wile ("craft, trickery"), from Old English wīl. Because these derivations compete and none is proven, the meaning of Wylene is best described as uncertain rather than as "crafty" or "from the Wylye."
Wylene Name History & Origins
Wylene belongs to a broad group of English-language feminine names formed with the ending -ene. That ending descends from the French -ine found in names such as Catherine and its diminutive Cateline, and it was extended to new names in Britain and especially the United States: Darlene, Charlene, Marlene, Ilene, and many others. Wylene follows the same pattern, with a first element matching the surname and given name Wiley or Wylie.
The name is not biblical, classical, or part of the saints' calendars, and it has no medieval European lineage; its use as a woman's name is an American development. Feminine names of this type were often produced by adding a syllable to an existing name or surname, as with Charlene from Charles, but no record establishes which model, if any, lies behind Wylene. Its resemblance to Wiley and Wylie is a matter of shared form and naming pattern, not documented descent from those names.
How Popular is the Name Wylene?
Wylene 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 1935. Its best rank was #1,329 in 1935.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | #12,465 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #8,303 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #4,757 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #5,447 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #7,000 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #4,859 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #3,950 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1964 | #5,003 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1963 | #4,893 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #3,032 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1961 | #4,541 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #4,175 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #2,977 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1958 | #2,579 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1956 | #2,928 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #2,221 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1954 | #2,590 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1953 | #3,103 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #2,022 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1951 | #2,312 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1950 | #2,250 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1949 | #2,511 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1948 | #2,697 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1947 | #1,945 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1946 | #2,023 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1945 | #2,059 | 18 | 0.0014% |
| 1944 | #1,805 | 23 | 0.0017% |
| 1943 | #1,702 | 26 | 0.0019% |
| 1942 | #1,916 | 21 | 0.0016% |
| 1941 | #1,953 | 19 | 0.0016% |
| 1940 | #1,634 | 24 | 0.0021% |
| 1939 | #1,400 | 29 | 0.0026% |
| 1938 | #1,944 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 26 | 0.0024% |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 25 | 0.0024% |
| 1935 | #1,329 | 31 | 0.0030% |
| 1934 | #1,343 | 30 | 0.0029% |
| 1933 | #2,157 | 15 | 0.0015% |
| 1932 | #1,751 | 21 | 0.0020% |
| 1931 | #1,801 | 20 | 0.0019% |
| 1930 | #2,108 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1929 | #1,819 | 21 | 0.0019% |
| 1928 | #2,282 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1927 | #2,254 | 17 | 0.0014% |
| 1926 | #2,162 | 18 | 0.0015% |
| 1925 | #3,661 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #2,211 | 18 | 0.0014% |
| 1923 | #2,166 | 18 | 0.0015% |
| 1922 | #2,477 | 15 | 0.0012% |
| 1921 | #2,194 | 18 | 0.0015% |
| 1920 | #2,461 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1919 | #2,510 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1918 | #2,286 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1917 | #4,076 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,914 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1915 | #4,259 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1914 | #3,179 | 7 | 0.0009% |
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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How the Name Wylene Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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