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

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Peak · boys: #317
1882 · 29 births
Debut · boys: 1880
23 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 6,891
since 1880

Wilber over time

boys

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.

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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

First appearance

1880

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.

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Momentum · boys

Falling

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)

Rise & fade · boys

2 yrs to peak

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1882 at #317 (29 births)
Births halved by 1886, 4 yrs later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 66 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1944

Share of babies · boys

1 in 3,920

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%)

Era · boys

The 1920s

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 1981

boys

#3,412

12 births · 1 in 149,265 boys

Top boys' names in 1981

#1Michael68,750
#2Christopher50,221
#3Matthew43,330
#4Jason41,927
#5David40,629
#6Joshua39,024
#7James38,283
#8John34,868
#9Robert34,395
#10Daniel30,985
⋯
#3,412Wilber12

More about 1981

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 149,265 of them was named Wilber, which outranked 53.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilber

#3,221Wynn13
#3,221Yale13
#3,221Yohance13
#3,412Wilber12
#3,412Adriana12
#3,412Adriano12
#3,412Agustine12
#3,601Aamir11
#3,601Abdulrahman11
#3,601Abrahan11

Tied with 188 names at #3,412; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980

Risers

↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633

Fallers

↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1981 →