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

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Peak · boys
1926 · 317 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,324
since 1880

Wilburn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wilburn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #318, 1926boys
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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
2024
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#11,0376
2007
2006
2005
2004#9,9486
2003
2002#9,3926
2001
2000
1999#9,9125
1998#6,3149
1997#8,1106
1996
1995#5,9289
1994#7,7706
1993#8,7005
1992#5,23610
1991#4,23113
1990#7,1786
1989#3,61815
1988#3,91512
1987#4,9688
1986#2,89117
1985#3,21614
1984#3,10714
1983#3,88410
1982#5,6196
1981#2,68017
1980#2,00327
1979#2,10424
1978#2,06823
1977#2,45818
1976#1,57234
1975#2,06522
1974#1,54632
1973#1,29441
1972#1,47333
1971#1,30941
1970#1,49432
1969#1,26539
1968#1,05749
1967#1,06148
1966#1,02750
1965#1,01253
1964#92168
1963#1,01256
1962#96762
1961#94066
1960#1,03455
1959#92668
1958#90270
1957#91968
1956#82083
1955#73997
1954#75888
1953#80579
1952#699100
1951#79179
1950#75084
1949#649111
1948#556145
1947#575139
1946#552134
1945#567113
1944#504144
1943#507149
1942#505147
1941#455168
1940#430184
1939#414189
1938#385214
1937#424179
1936#397191
1935#390195
1934#4,2865#359229
1933#379206
1932#378220
1931#4,3315#356244
1930#361254
1929#377232
1928#359258
1927#357268
1926#318317
1925#352280
1924#350284
1923#335302
1922#382247
1921#338304
1920#365269
1919#341274
1918#4,8095#357265
1917#374227
1916#360226
1915#382196
1914#412133
1913#396116
1912#41289
1911#40949
1910#40743
1909#49627
1908#43830
1907#44827
1906#50320
1905#41027
1904#53817
1903#45121
1902#49019
1901#55913
1900#47723
1899#54813
1898#52316
1897#51515
1896#55114
1895#7389
1894#63111
1893#47915
1892#64111
1891#52412
1890#43417
1889#58111
1888#46417
1887#51612
1886#57811
1885#52113
1884#52013
1883#55611
1882#38921
1881#46014
1880#44216
First appearance
1880

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.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1896 (#738#551)
  • Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1883 (#389#556)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1926 at #318 (317 births)
  • Births halved by 1942, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,503
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.7% of all boys named Wilburn (2,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#389 (1882)#503
1890s133#434 (1890)#558
1900s224#410 (1905)#481
1910s1,618#341 (1919)#385
1920s2,761#318 (1926)#353
1930s2,121#356 (1931)#384
1940s1,434#430 (1940)#530
1950s816#699 (1952)#811
1960s546#921 (1964)#1,030
1970s300#1,294 (1973)#1,738
1980s140#2,003 (1980)#3,590
1990s69#4,231 (1991)#7,042
2000s18#9,392 (2002)#10,126
2010s0
2020s5#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 1964

boys
#921
68 births · 1 in 29,304 boys

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #921Wilburn68
More about 1964

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 29,304 of them was named Wilburn, which outranked 80.0% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilburn
  1. #914Napoleon69
  2. #914Rodrigo69
  3. #914Roel69
  4. #921Wilburn68
  5. #921Aldo68
  6. #921Alphonse68
  7. #921Federico68
  8. #929Arnoldo67
  9. #929Deon67
  10. #929Dorian67

Tied with 7 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964