Wilber
Last seen for girls in 1949 at #5,244 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,891since 1880
Wilber over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilber has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,949 | 27 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,474 | 33 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,151 | 38 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,912 | 27 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,925 | 40 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,848 | 42 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,230 | 35 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,919 | 40 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,885 | 40 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,848 | 40 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,002 | 38 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,798 | 42 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,375 | 53 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,894 | 41 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,039 | 68 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,304 | 56 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,724 | 81 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,224 | 47 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,185 | 47 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,098 | 45 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,507 | 34 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,680 | 29 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,055 | 40 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,875 | 44 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,128 | 36 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,019 | 37 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,012 | 37 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,850 | 19 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,411 | 31 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,227 | 37 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,170 | 40 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,081 | 45 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,279 | 33 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,185 | 36 |
| 1948 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1947 | — | #870 | 64 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,006 | 40 | |
| 1944 | — | #888 | 51 | |
| 1943 | — | #817 | 65 | |
| 1942 | — | #745 | 74 | |
| 1941 | — | #729 | 72 | |
| 1940 | — | #643 | 87 | |
| 1939 | — | #691 | 74 | |
| 1938 | — | #638 | 88 | |
| 1937 | — | #722 | 70 | |
| 1936 | — | #573 | 101 | |
| 1935 | — | #563 | 105 | |
| 1934 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1933 | — | #745 | 67 | |
| 1932 | — | #564 | 110 | |
| 1931 | — | #550 | 113 | |
| 1930 | — | #490 | 146 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #580 | 106 |
| 1928 | — | #547 | 123 | |
| 1927 | — | #508 | 142 | |
| 1926 | — | #512 | 139 | |
| 1925 | — | #502 | 147 | |
| 1924 | — | #490 | 160 | |
| 1923 | — | #485 | 158 | |
| 1922 | — | #493 | 159 | |
| 1921 | — | #513 | 146 | |
| 1920 | — | #490 | 151 | |
| 1919 | — | #468 | 162 | |
| 1918 | — | #485 | 151 | |
| 1917 | — | #464 | 151 | |
| 1916 | — | #505 | 125 | |
| 1915 | — | #427 | 160 | |
| 1914 | — | #505 | 94 | |
| 1913 | — | #510 | 71 | |
| 1912 | — | #497 | 64 | |
| 1911 | — | #497 | 35 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #453 | 31 | |
| 1908 | — | #553 | 21 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #456 | 24 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #527 | 17 | |
| 1902 | — | #475 | 20 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #435 | 21 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #426 | 21 | |
| 1894 | — | #521 | 15 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #352 | 22 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #380 | 22 | |
| 1884 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1883 | — | #433 | 17 | |
| 1882 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #356 | 23 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilber was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wilber
- 251 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #3,949)
- 1,024 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #3,949)
- 1,030 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 526 spots in 1900 (#928 → #402)
- Biggest drop: 493 spots in 1899 (#435 → #928)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #317 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1944
- Highest: 1 in 3,920 boys born in 1882 were named Wilber (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Wilber (1,431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 189 | #317 (1882) | #427 |
| 1890s | 155 | #426 (1895) | #532 |
| 1900s | 220 | #402 (1900) | #491 |
| 1910s | 1,048 | #427 (1915) | #482 |
| 1920s | 1,431 | #485 (1923) | #512 |
| 1930s | 958 | #490 (1930) | #619 |
| 1940s | 575 | #643 (1940) | #901 |
| 1950s | 339 | #1,081 (1952) | #1,307 |
| 1960s | 174 | #1,588 (1962) | #1,983 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,790 (1974) | #2,957 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,292 (1989) | #3,266 |
| 1990s | 366 | #1,875 (1993) | #2,220 |
| 2000s | 558 | #1,724 (2006) | #2,172 |
| 2010s | 385 | #2,375 (2010) | #3,059 |
| 2020s | 190 | #2,925 (2020) | #3,602 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wilber in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 342,175 of them was named Wilber, which outranked 13.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 822 names at #5,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 49,276 of them was named Wilber, which outranked 71.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,163Stafford37
- #1,163Whitney37
- #1,163Wylie37
- #1,185Wilber36
- #1,185Authur36
- #1,185Cleophus36
- #1,185Danniel36
- #1,205Arvil35
- #1,205Bartholomew35
- #1,205Bernice35
Tied with 19 names at #1,185; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.