Wilbert

Where Wilbert comes from

The dictionaries list Wilbert as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #314 among boys — 29 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1911
    Wilbert Awdry born
    British vicar and author
  3. 1920
    Peak, #160
    867 babies named Wilbert — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #378.
  5. 1962
    Wilbert Suvrijn born
    Dutch football player and agent
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Wilbert Awdry · British vicar and author, 1911–1997
  • Wilbert Suvrijn · Dutch football player and agent, born 1962
  • Wilbert McClure · American boxer, 1938–2020
  • Wilbert London · American male sprinter, born 1997
  • Wilbert Robinson · American baseball player and manager, 1863–1934

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.