Wilbur

Where Wilbur comes from

From an Old English female given name Wilburg, from wil (“will”) + burh (“fortress”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Wilbur
Along the way
  1. 1865
    Wilbur Scoville born
    American pharmacist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #162 among boys — 82 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1913
    Peak, #91
    1,044 babies named Wilbur — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1937
    Wilbur L. Ross Jr. born
    United States 39th Secretary of Commerce
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #258.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Wilbur Scoville · American pharmacist, 1865–1942
  • Wilbur L. Ross Jr. · United States 39th Secretary of Commerce, born 1937
  • Wilbur Thompson · American track and field athlete, gold medal in shot put at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1921–2013
  • Wilbur Wright · American aviation pioneer, 1867–1912
  • Wilbur Cush · Northern Irish footballer, 1928–1981

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.