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.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #317, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,94927
2024—#4,20025
2023—#3,47433
2022—#3,15138
2021—#3,91227
2020—#2,92540
2019—#4,00326
2018—#2,84842
2017—#3,67829
2016—#3,23035
2015—#2,91940
2014—#2,88540
2013—#2,84840
2012—#3,00238
2011—#2,79842
2010—#2,37553
2009—#2,89441
2008—#2,03968
2007—#2,30456
2006—#1,72481
2005—#2,23753
2004—#1,98960
2003—#1,90661
2002—#2,22447
2001—#2,18547
2000—#2,22244
1999—#2,09845
1998—#2,50734
1997—#2,68029
1996—#2,38033
1995—#2,05540
1994—#2,44431
1993—#1,87544
1992—#2,12836
1991—#2,01937
1990—#2,01237
1989—#2,29229
1988—#2,50923
1987—#2,83818
1986—#2,77918
1985—#4,6988
1984—#2,70617
1983—#4,4998
1982—#3,96610
1981—#3,41212
1980—#2,96515
1979—#4,0689
1978—#4,5547
1977—#3,8369
1976—#2,41718
1975—#2,75114
1974—#1,79026
1973—#2,85712
1972—#1,96621
1971—#2,05220
1970—#3,2829
1969—#1,91419
1968—#1,78820
1967—#2,47011
1966—#2,32712
1965—#1,98716
1964—#1,85019
1963—#1,95717
1962—#1,58825
1961—#1,82320
1960—#2,12115
1959—#1,36033
1958—#1,44629
1957—#1,41131
1956—#1,44329
1955—#1,33932
1954—#1,22737
1953—#1,17040
1952—#1,08145
1951—#1,27933
1950—#1,31330
1949#5,2445#1,18536
1948—#1,04745
1947—#87064
1946—#1,07641
1945—#1,00640
1944—#88851
1943—#81765
1942—#74574
1941—#72972
1940—#64387
1939—#69174
1938—#63888
1937—#72270
1936—#573101
1935—#563105
1934—#65784
1933—#74567
1932—#564110
1931—#550113
1930—#490146
1929#4,0536#580106
1928—#547123
1927—#508142
1926—#512139
1925—#502147
1924—#490160
1923—#485158
1922—#493159
1921—#513146
1920—#490151
1919—#468162
1918—#485151
1917—#464151
1916—#505125
1915—#427160
1914—#50594
1913—#51071
1912—#49764
1911—#49735
1910—#46135
1909—#45331
1908—#55321
1907—#47224
1906—#45624
1905—#54918
1904—#46621
1903—#52717
1902—#47520
1901—#55913
1900—#40231
1899—#9286
1898—#43521
1897—#61512
1896—#43820
1895—#42621
1894—#52115
1893—#47915
1892—#45818
1891—#56411
1890—#45816
1889—#49814
1888—#60911
1887—#35222
1886—#49114
1885—#38022
1884—#36923
1883—#43317
1882—#31729
1881—#46014
1880—#35623
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.

See more about Wilber
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s189#317 (1882)#427
1890s155#426 (1895)#532
1900s220#402 (1900)#491
1910s1,048#427 (1915)#482
1920s1,431#485 (1923)#512
1930s958#490 (1930)#619
1940s575#643 (1940)#901
1950s339#1,081 (1952)#1,307
1960s174#1,588 (1962)#1,983
1970s145#1,790 (1974)#2,957
1980s158#2,292 (1989)#3,266
1990s366#1,875 (1993)#2,220
2000s558#1,724 (2006)#2,172
2010s385#2,375 (2010)#3,059
2020s190#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 2006

boys
#1,724
81 births · 1 in 25,374 boys

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #1,724Wilber81
More about 2006

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 25,374 of them was named Wilber, which outranked 87.7% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilber
  1. #1,713Sylas82
  2. #1,713Teague82
  3. #1,713Tyce82
  4. #1,724Wilber81
  5. #1,724Adalberto81
  6. #1,724Ashwin81
  7. #1,724Brysen81
  8. #1,738Akash80
  9. #1,738Amin80
  10. #1,738Carsten80

Tied with 13 names at #1,724; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →