Wilburn

Where Wilburn comes from

The dictionaries list Wilburn 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 #442 among boys — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1892
    Wilburn Cartwright born
    American politician
  3. 1922
    Wilburn K. Ross born
    United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
  4. 1926
    Peak, #318
    317 babies named Wilburn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1942
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #505.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Wilburn Cartwright · American politician, 1892–1979
  • Wilburn K. Ross · United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, 1922–2017

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.