Wilbern

Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966

Peak · boys
1923 · 27 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
578
since 1912

Wilbern over time

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Rank among boys' names. Wilbern has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #1,420, 1923boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1967#3,9665
1966#3,9485
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1957#3,9935
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1953#3,4256
1952#3,0957
1951#3,7145
1950#3,3296
1949#2,6069
1948#3,3166
1947#2,07614
1946
1945#2,9966
1944#2,8627
1943#3,2316
1942#2,5239
1941#2,33310
1940#1,89414
1939#1,79515
1938#1,90114
1937#2,19711
1936#1,96413
1935#1,83715
1934#2,26611
1933#1,90514
1932#1,58420
1931#1,64319
1930#1,69319
1929#1,67220
1928#1,70720
1927#1,46826
1926#1,78719
1925#1,67921
1924#1,57724
1923#1,42027
1922#2,14315
1921#2,15215
1920#2,13115
1919#1,97316
1918#1,53923
1917#1,81517
1916#1,77117
1915#2,8298
1914#2,10110
1913#2,2737
1912#2,0457
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Wilbern! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wilbern
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1923 at #1,420 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 40,596
  • Highest: 1 in 40,596 boys born in 1923 were named Wilbern (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 348,762 boys born in 1967 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 34.9% of all boys named Wilbern (202) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s105#1,539 (1918)#2,043
1920s202#1,420 (1923)#1,774
1930s151#1,584 (1932)#1,879
1940s81#1,894 (1940)#2,649
1950s29#3,095 (1952)#3,511
1960s10#3,948 (1966)#3,957

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.

Wilbern in 1932

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#1,584
20 births · 1 in 52,208 boys

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,584Wilbern20
More about 1932

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1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 52,208 of them was named Wilbern, which outranked 63.0% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilbern
  1. #1,548Toy21
  2. #1,548Wilma21
  3. #1,548Woodie21
  4. #1,584Wilbern20
  5. #1,584Albino20
  6. #1,584Alferd20
  7. #1,584Alger20
  8. #1,651Agapito19
  9. #1,651Armin19
  10. #1,651Basilio19

Tied with 66 names at #1,584; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932