Wister is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Wister is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1957. Wister first appears in 1914 and peaked in 1923 (10 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,545 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,704 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,995 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,035 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,312 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #4,142 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,446 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #2,942 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,957 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,975 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,805 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #3,971 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,755 |