Wilferd
Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,537
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 481since 1912
Wilferd over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilferd has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
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| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
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| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
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| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wilferd! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wilferd
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1966
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1914 at #1,388 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,461 boys born in 1914 were named Wilferd (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,244 boys born in 1966 (0.00%)
- 39.5% of all boys named Wilferd (190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 111 | #1,388 (1914) | #1,969 |
| 1920s | 190 | #1,534 (1925) | #1,852 |
| 1930s | 119 | #1,589 (1931) | #2,242 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,081 (1940) | #2,905 |
| 1950s | 17 | #3,425 (1953) | #3,623 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,537 |
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.
Wilferd in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
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1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 96,598 of them was named Wilferd, which outranked 47.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,983Wray13
- #1,983Wynn13
- #1,983Young13
- #2,081Wilferd12
- #2,081Adron12
- #2,081Almer12
- #2,081Americo12
- #2,179Adrien11
- #2,179Allard11
- #2,179Alston11
Tied with 97 names at #2,081; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.