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.
Where Wilbur is popular in 1945
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#127 · 1 in 723
- District of Columbia#140 · 1 in 1,002
- Maryland#150 · 1 in 1,236
- Pennsylvania#153 · 1 in 1,711
- Virginia#171 · 1 in 1,117
Best ever in a state: #25 in District of Columbia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #127 | 32 | 1 in 723 |
| District of Columbia | #140 | 10 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Maryland | #150 | 15 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Pennsylvania | #153 | 48 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Virginia | #171 | 26 | 1 in 1,117 |
| Ohio | #181 | 35 | 1 in 1,800 |
| Florida | #182 | 19 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Missouri | #198 | 19 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Colorado | #199 | 7 | 1 in 1,585 |
| North Carolina | #208 | 28 | 1 in 1,474 |
| Oklahoma | #211 | 12 | 1 in 1,684 |
| Wisconsin | #211 | 10 | 1 in 2,841 |
| Nebraska | #214 | 5 | 1 in 2,208 |
| Georgia | #219 | 20 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Iowa | #221 | 9 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Kentucky | #227 | 14 | 1 in 1,969 |
| New Jersey | #234 | 8 | 1 in 4,389 |
| Minnesota | #235 | 8 | 1 in 3,105 |
| West Virginia | #235 | 9 | 1 in 2,031 |
| Indiana | #242 | 10 | 1 in 3,184 |
| Alabama | #245 | 15 | 1 in 2,085 |
| Tennessee | #246 | 12 | 1 in 2,543 |
| Massachusetts | #258 | 6 | 1 in 6,134 |
| Kansas | #259 | 5 | 1 in 3,044 |
| Illinois | #268 | 17 | 1 in 3,843 |
| Michigan | #274 | 13 | 1 in 4,049 |
| Washington | #290 | 5 | 1 in 4,088 |
| New York | #304 | 19 | 1 in 6,001 |
| California | #365 | 17 | 1 in 5,192 |
| Louisiana | #407 | 6 | 1 in 4,262 |
| Texas | #423 | 19 | 1 in 4,052 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 261,418 of them was named Wilbur, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 686 names at #4,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 2,649 of them was named Wilbur, which outranked 93.2% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).