Wilburn
Last seen for girls in 1934 at #4,286 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 317 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,324since 1880
Wilburn over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilburn has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,546 | 32 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,294 | 41 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,473 | 33 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,309 | 41 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,265 | 39 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,057 | 49 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,061 | 48 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,027 | 50 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,012 | 53 | |
| 1964 | — | #921 | 68 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,012 | 56 | |
| 1962 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1961 | — | #940 | 66 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,034 | 55 | |
| 1959 | — | #926 | 68 | |
| 1958 | — | #902 | 70 | |
| 1957 | — | #919 | 68 | |
| 1956 | — | #820 | 83 | |
| 1955 | — | #739 | 97 | |
| 1954 | — | #758 | 88 | |
| 1953 | — | #805 | 79 | |
| 1952 | — | #699 | 100 | |
| 1951 | — | #791 | 79 | |
| 1950 | — | #750 | 84 | |
| 1949 | — | #649 | 111 | |
| 1948 | — | #556 | 145 | |
| 1947 | — | #575 | 139 | |
| 1946 | — | #552 | 134 | |
| 1945 | — | #567 | 113 | |
| 1944 | — | #504 | 144 | |
| 1943 | — | #507 | 149 | |
| 1942 | — | #505 | 147 | |
| 1941 | — | #455 | 168 | |
| 1940 | — | #430 | 184 | |
| 1939 | — | #414 | 189 | |
| 1938 | — | #385 | 214 | |
| 1937 | — | #424 | 179 | |
| 1936 | — | #397 | 191 | |
| 1935 | — | #390 | 195 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #359 | 229 |
| 1933 | — | #379 | 206 | |
| 1932 | — | #378 | 220 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #356 | 244 |
| 1930 | — | #361 | 254 | |
| 1929 | — | #377 | 232 | |
| 1928 | — | #359 | 258 | |
| 1927 | — | #357 | 268 | |
| 1926 | — | #318 | 317 | |
| 1925 | — | #352 | 280 | |
| 1924 | — | #350 | 284 | |
| 1923 | — | #335 | 302 | |
| 1922 | — | #382 | 247 | |
| 1921 | — | #338 | 304 | |
| 1920 | — | #365 | 269 | |
| 1919 | — | #341 | 274 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #357 | 265 |
| 1917 | — | #374 | 227 | |
| 1916 | — | #360 | 226 | |
| 1915 | — | #382 | 196 | |
| 1914 | — | #412 | 133 | |
| 1913 | — | #396 | 116 | |
| 1912 | — | #412 | 89 | |
| 1911 | — | #409 | 49 | |
| 1910 | — | #407 | 43 | |
| 1909 | — | #496 | 27 | |
| 1908 | — | #438 | 30 | |
| 1907 | — | #448 | 27 | |
| 1906 | — | #503 | 20 | |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #477 | 23 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilburn was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wilburn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1896 (#738 → #551)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1883 (#389 → #556)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #318 (317 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1959
- Highest: 1 in 3,503 boys born in 1926 were named Wilburn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 26.7% of all boys named Wilburn (2,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #389 (1882) | #503 |
| 1890s | 133 | #434 (1890) | #558 |
| 1900s | 224 | #410 (1905) | #481 |
| 1910s | 1,618 | #341 (1919) | #385 |
| 1920s | 2,761 | #318 (1926) | #353 |
| 1930s | 2,121 | #356 (1931) | #384 |
| 1940s | 1,434 | #430 (1940) | #530 |
| 1950s | 816 | #699 (1952) | #811 |
| 1960s | 546 | #921 (1964) | #1,030 |
| 1970s | 300 | #1,294 (1973) | #1,738 |
| 1980s | 140 | #2,003 (1980) | #3,590 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,231 (1991) | #7,042 |
| 2000s | 18 | #9,392 (2002) | #10,126 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,330 (2022) | #12,330 |
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.
Wilburn in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Wilburn, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,824 of them was named Wilburn, which outranked 92.6% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.