Wilbur
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 1,044 births
- Debut · boys
- 82 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 56,906since 1880
Wilbur over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,949 | 27 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,958 | 42 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,474 | 33 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,691 | 30 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,143 | 37 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,793 | 28 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,591 | 30 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,313 | 22 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,366 | 22 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,160 | 24 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,687 | 28 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,001 | 24 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,464 | 19 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,259 | 27 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,922 | 30 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,722 | 31 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,199 | 41 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,228 | 38 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,218 | 37 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,026 | 41 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,977 | 42 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,050 | 39 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,643 | 53 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,482 | 59 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,587 | 52 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,392 | 62 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,189 | 72 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,234 | 62 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,174 | 65 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,020 | 80 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,033 | 74 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,040 | 72 | |
| 1982 | — | #907 | 97 | |
| 1981 | — | #875 | 103 | |
| 1980 | — | #911 | 95 | |
| 1979 | — | #851 | 104 | |
| 1978 | — | #803 | 112 | |
| 1977 | — | #828 | 106 | |
| 1976 | — | #820 | 104 | |
| 1975 | — | #754 | 122 | |
| 1974 | — | #730 | 124 | |
| 1973 | — | #714 | 127 | |
| 1972 | — | #698 | 132 | |
| 1971 | — | #597 | 193 | |
| 1970 | — | #671 | 149 | |
| 1969 | — | #549 | 204 | |
| 1968 | — | #565 | 181 | |
| 1967 | — | #567 | 176 | |
| 1966 | — | #491 | 238 | |
| 1965 | — | #484 | 255 | |
| 1964 | — | #476 | 276 | |
| 1963 | — | #487 | 269 | |
| 1962 | — | #451 | 310 | |
| 1961 | — | #461 | 309 | |
| 1960 | — | #426 | 354 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #423 | 354 |
| 1958 | — | #417 | 352 | |
| 1957 | — | #394 | 384 | |
| 1956 | — | #368 | 402 | |
| 1955 | — | #346 | 435 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #344 | 429 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #335 | 437 |
| 1952 | — | #342 | 416 | |
| 1951 | — | #329 | 436 | |
| 1950 | — | #307 | 488 | |
| 1949 | — | #309 | 487 | |
| 1948 | — | #297 | 537 | |
| 1947 | — | #283 | 595 | |
| 1946 | — | #279 | 523 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #258 | 508 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #232 | 586 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #218 | 667 |
| 1942 | — | #214 | 688 | |
| 1941 | — | #204 | 666 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #193 | 705 |
| 1939 | — | #190 | 702 | |
| 1938 | — | #173 | 842 | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #183 | 725 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #173 | 781 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #165 | 861 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #162 | 920 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #159 | 896 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #152 | 1,016 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #149 | 1,087 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #141 | 1,214 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #131 | 1,294 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #127 | 1,400 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #130 | 1,361 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #122 | 1,510 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #110 | 1,597 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #106 | 1,667 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #105 | 1,672 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #102 | 1,716 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #100 | 1,755 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #98 | 1,741 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | #98 | 1,689 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #97 | 1,800 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #92 | 1,749 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #94 | 1,680 |
| 1915 | — | #92 | 1,685 | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #96 | 1,248 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #91 | 1,044 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #92 | 832 |
| 1911 | — | #101 | 386 | |
| 1910 | — | #104 | 298 | |
| 1909 | — | #105 | 259 | |
| 1908 | — | #109 | 233 | |
| 1907 | — | #114 | 209 | |
| 1906 | — | #123 | 175 | |
| 1905 | — | #132 | 167 | |
| 1904 | — | #119 | 177 | |
| 1903 | — | #121 | 165 | |
| 1902 | — | #119 | 163 | |
| 1901 | — | #130 | 130 | |
| 1900 | — | #137 | 161 | |
| 1899 | — | #140 | 115 | |
| 1898 | — | #117 | 156 | |
| 1897 | — | #144 | 111 | |
| 1896 | — | #138 | 120 | |
| 1895 | — | #132 | 125 | |
| 1894 | — | #147 | 104 | |
| 1893 | — | #144 | 104 | |
| 1892 | — | #140 | 116 | |
| 1891 | — | #138 | 97 | |
| 1890 | — | #150 | 94 | |
| 1889 | — | #141 | 102 | |
| 1888 | — | #147 | 103 | |
| 1887 | — | #118 | 112 | |
| 1886 | — | #128 | 106 | |
| 1885 | — | #146 | 92 | |
| 1884 | — | #171 | 82 | |
| 1883 | — | #168 | 73 | |
| 1882 | — | #166 | 81 | |
| 1881 | — | #152 | 81 | |
| 1880 | — | #162 | 82 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilbur was already there! It came in at #162, and was given to 82 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2013, when fewer than 23 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wilbur
- 991 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #3,949)
- 591 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #3,949)
- 358 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 74 spots in 1971 (#671 → #597)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1983 (#907 → #1,040)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #91 (1,044 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1912–1921
- Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1982
- Highest: 1 in 491 boys born in 1913 were named Wilbur (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.6% of all boys named Wilbur (15,713) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 914 | #118 (1887) | #150 |
| 1890s | 1,142 | #117 (1898) | #139 |
| 1900s | 1,839 | #105 (1909) | #121 |
| 1910s | 12,411 | #91 (1913) | #96 |
| 1920s | 15,713 | #98 (1920) | #113 |
| 1930s | 9,044 | #141 (1930) | #165 |
| 1940s | 5,962 | #193 (1940) | #249 |
| 1950s | 4,133 | #307 (1950) | #361 |
| 1960s | 2,572 | #426 (1960) | #496 |
| 1970s | 1,273 | #597 (1971) | #747 |
| 1980s | 782 | #875 (1981) | #1,078 |
| 1990s | 433 | #1,482 (1991) | #2,013 |
| 2000s | 259 | #2,922 (2000) | #3,650 |
| 2010s | 251 | #3,143 (2019) | #4,158 |
| 2020s | 178 | #2,958 (2024) | #3,788 |
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.
Wilbur in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 108,127 of them was named Wilbur, which outranked 45.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,693Zaida11
- #2,693Zara11
- #2,693Zeda11
- #2,879Wilbur10
- #2,879Adelheid10
- #2,879Adelma10
- #2,879Adelyne10
- #3,092Adabelle9
- #3,092Adamae9
- #3,092Adine9
Tied with 212 names at #2,879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 529 of them was named Wilbur, which outranked 98.0% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.