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

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Peak · boys
#91
1913 · 1,044 births
Debut · boys
1880
82 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
56,906
since 1880

Wilbur over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #91, 1913boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,94927
2024—#2,95842
2023—#3,47433
2022—#3,69130
2021—#4,11825
2020—#4,54021
2019—#3,14337
2018—#3,79328
2017—#3,78128
2016—#4,09825
2015—#3,59130
2014—#4,26323
2013—#4,31322
2012—#5,72015
2011—#4,50921
2010—#4,36622
2009—#4,16024
2008—#4,14524
2007—#3,68728
2006—#4,00124
2005—#4,46419
2004—#3,53426
2003—#3,18629
2002—#3,25927
2001—#3,14328
2000—#2,92230
1999—#2,72231
1998—#2,19941
1997—#2,22838
1996—#2,21837
1995—#2,02641
1994—#1,97742
1993—#2,05039
1992—#1,64353
1991—#1,48259
1990—#1,58752
1989—#1,39262
1988—#1,18972
1987—#1,23462
1986—#1,17465
1985—#1,02080
1984—#1,03374
1983—#1,04072
1982—#90797
1981—#875103
1980—#91195
1979—#851104
1978—#803112
1977—#828106
1976—#820104
1975—#754122
1974—#730124
1973—#714127
1972—#698132
1971—#597193
1970—#671149
1969—#549204
1968—#565181
1967—#567176
1966—#491238
1965—#484255
1964—#476276
1963—#487269
1962—#451310
1961—#461309
1960—#426354
1959#6,2455#423354
1958—#417352
1957—#394384
1956—#368402
1955—#346435
1954#4,6557#344429
1953#5,6735#335437
1952—#342416
1951—#329436
1950—#307488
1949—#309487
1948—#297537
1947—#283595
1946—#279523
1945#4,5565#258508
1944#4,5745#232586
1943#3,8017#218667
1942—#214688
1941—#204666
1940#3,8636#193705
1939—#190702
1938—#173842
1937#2,9409#183725
1936#2,52111#173781
1935#3,1568#165861
1934#3,8026#162920
1933#2,8689#159896
1932#4,4115#1521,016
1931#3,2268#1491,087
1930#3,0559#1411,214
1929#3,6827#1311,294
1928#2,95410#1271,400
1927#2,43314#1301,361
1926#2,16517#1221,510
1925#2,77812#1101,597
1924#3,14410#1061,667
1923#3,12510#1051,672
1922#2,38715#1021,716
1921#2,76212#1001,755
1920#2,46314#981,741
1919#2,06317#981,689
1918#3,2449#971,800
1917#2,87910#921,749
1916#3,2588#941,680
1915—#921,685
1914#2,6388#961,248
1913#3,1875#911,044
1912#2,3607#92832
1911—#101386
1910—#104298
1909—#105259
1908—#109233
1907—#114209
1906—#123175
1905—#132167
1904—#119177
1903—#121165
1902—#119163
1901—#130130
1900—#137161
1899—#140115
1898—#117156
1897—#144111
1896—#138120
1895—#132125
1894—#147104
1893—#144104
1892—#140116
1891—#13897
1890—#15094
1889—#141102
1888—#147103
1887—#118112
1886—#128106
1885—#14692
1884—#17182
1883—#16873
1882—#16681
1881—#15281
1880—#16282
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1913 at #91 (1,044 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1912–1921
  • Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1982
Share of babies · boys
1 in 491
  • Highest: 1 in 491 boys born in 1913 were named Wilbur (0.20%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Wilbur (15,713) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s914#118 (1887)#150
1890s1,142#117 (1898)#139
1900s1,839#105 (1909)#121
1910s12,411#91 (1913)#96
1920s15,713#98 (1920)#113
1930s9,044#141 (1930)#165
1940s5,962#193 (1940)#249
1950s4,133#307 (1950)#361
1960s2,572#426 (1960)#496
1970s1,273#597 (1971)#747
1980s782#875 (1981)#1,078
1990s433#1,482 (1991)#2,013
2000s259#2,922 (2000)#3,650
2010s251#3,143 (2019)#4,158
2020s178#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 1969

boys
#549
204 births · 1 in 8,766 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #549Wilbur204
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 8,766 of them was named Wilbur, which outranked 89.1% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilbur
  1. #546Courtney206
  2. #546Rufus206
  3. #548Ellis205
  4. #549Wilbur204
  5. #549Jemal204
  6. #549Thaddeus204
  7. #552Elias203
  8. #552Emanuel203
  9. #554Percy202

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →