Wilburt

Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951

Peak · boys
1917 · 37 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,108
since 1903

Wilburt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wilburt has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #1,092, 1917boys
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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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1987#6,9515
1986#4,8538
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1978#5,7725
1977#5,1236
1976
1975#4,3097
1974#3,8378
1973#4,5056
1972
1971#2,97311
1970#3,5218
1969#4,4045
1968#3,1078
1967
1966#2,62710
1965#2,9828
1964#2,40912
1963#2,20014
1962#4,0335
1961#2,70610
1960#1,72822
1959#2,8219
1958#2,64210
1957#1,63424
1956#2,62810
1955#2,43511
1954#1,66821
1953#2,9058
1952#1,54724
1951#1,97215
1950#1,61521
1949#1,50124
1948#2,32611
1947#2,6719
1946#1,69218
1945#2,00912
1944#1,81015
1943#1,69918
1942#1,62919
1941#1,68517
1940#2,17911
1939#1,87914
1938#1,74116
1937#1,99213
1936#1,41722
1935#1,75716
1934#1,72517
1933#1,58619
1932#1,46523
1931#1,36126
1930#1,46325
1929#1,56422
1928#1,70720
1927#1,60323
1926#1,37928
1925#1,39028
1924#1,62823
1923#1,42027
1922#1,36729
1921#1,54924
1920#1,13939
1919#2,15214
1918#1,23132
1917#1,09237
1916#1,26528
1915#1,37224
1914#1,60815
1913#2,4966
1912#1,52711
1911#1,7405
1910#1,3147
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1905#1,2335
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1903#1,1305
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five boys were named Wilburt! It came in at #1,130, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wilburt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1917 at #1,092 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1919, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,846
  • Highest: 1 in 23,846 boys born in 1903 were named Wilburt (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 373,397 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,092 in 1917, was only 1 in 25,013 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.7% of all boys named Wilburt (263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,130 (1903)#1,182
1910s179#1,092 (1917)#1,580
1920s263#1,139 (1920)#1,475
1930s191#1,361 (1931)#1,639
1940s154#1,501 (1949)#1,920
1950s153#1,547 (1952)#2,187
1960s94#1,728 (1960)#2,911
1970s51#2,973 (1971)#4,291
1980s13#4,853 (1986)#5,902

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.

Wilburt in 1920

boys
#1,139
39 births · 1 in 27,291 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,139Wilburt39
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 27,291 of them was named Wilburt, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilburt
  1. #1,119Talmage40
  2. #1,119Toshio40
  3. #1,119Winifred40
  4. #1,139Wilburt39
  5. #1,139Alma39
  6. #1,139Arlin39
  7. #1,139Chandler39
  8. #1,157Andre38
  9. #1,157Annie38
  10. #1,157Arland38

Tied with 17 names at #1,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920