Wilfred

Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#164
1917 · 772 births
Debut · boys
1880
21 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,417
since 1880

Wilfred over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wilfred has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #164, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,75729
2024—#4,70121
2023—#3,80229
2022—#4,30324
2021—#3,07439
2020—#3,81127
2019—#4,11425
2018—#3,79328
2017—#4,33123
2016—#3,35833
2015—#4,29523
2014—#3,69328
2013—#3,49730
2012—#5,03518
2011—#4,22123
2010—#3,45331
2009—#4,58221
2008—#3,34433
2007—#3,37932
2006—#3,52429
2005—#3,24131
2004—#2,64340
2003—#3,04431
2002—#2,33744
2001—#2,42940
2000—#2,29842
1999—#2,79530
1998—#1,70060
1997—#1,90848
1996—#2,21837
1995—#1,98842
1994—#1,51662
1993—#1,60156
1992—#1,41765
1991—#1,21084
1990—#1,50057
1989—#1,16283
1988—#1,21570
1987—#1,33755
1986—#1,16166
1985—#1,04378
1984—#89196
1983—#94587
1982—#840111
1981—#98684
1980—#1,04774
1979—#858102
1978—#92088
1977—#87593
1976—#83899
1975—#93876
1974—#735122
1973—#87483
1972—#760109
1971—#684146
1970—#688145
1969—#654146
1968—#666127
1967—#628143
1966—#556190
1965—#546198
1964—#558199
1963—#522233
1962—#520232
1961—#516237
1960—#501249
1959—#478266
1958—#488258
1957—#441301
1956#5,9525#462268
1955—#437283
1954—#452255
1953—#407294
1952—#401297
1951—#386306
1950—#383305
1949—#377316
1948—#397292
1947—#382322
1946—#364321
1945—#347293
1944—#320350
1943—#312395
1942—#328341
1941—#330308
1940—#312325
1939—#287369
1938—#276404
1937—#273397
1936—#264420
1935—#270409
1934—#264423
1933—#251432
1932—#230521
1931—#230514
1930—#214601
1929#4,0536#209612
1928#2,95410#211636
1927#4,8055#194742
1926#3,04610#214641
1925#4,4266#187737
1924—#193728
1923—#179779
1922#3,6558#190720
1921#3,16410#189737
1920#3,3409#176802
1919#3,4528#184695
1918#4,8095#179731
1917—#164772
1916—#165723
1915#2,52611#181626
1914—#187463
1913#3,1875#180384
1912—#185317
1911—#182168
1910#2,3985#24297
1909—#22691
1908—#20898
1907—#20793
1906—#22775
1905—#22175
1904—#20680
1903—#22864
1902—#22663
1901—#25347
1900—#21981
1899—#23152
1898—#19776
1897—#25846
1896—#21171
1895—#27641
1894—#26144
1893—#24650
1892—#26645
1891—#25140
1890—#25245
1889—#27437
1888—#29736
1887—#29931
1886—#32527
1885—#27437
1884—#30133
1883—#25342
1882—#37722
1881—#34822
1880—#37321
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilfred was already there! It came in at #373, and was given to 21 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2011–2012, when fewer than 24 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wilfred
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 944 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #3,757)
  • 54 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #3,757)
  • 538 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #3,757)
  • Biggest jump: 146 spots in 1982 (#986 → #840)
  • Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1975 (#735 → #938)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #164 (772 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 104 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,199
  • Highest: 1 in 1,199 boys born in 1917 were named Wilfred (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.3% of all boys named Wilfred (7,134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s308#253 (1883)#312
1890s510#197 (1898)#245
1900s767#206 (1904)#222
1910s4,976#164 (1917)#185
1920s7,134#176 (1920)#194
1930s4,490#214 (1930)#256
1940s3,263#312 (1943)#347
1950s2,833#383 (1950)#434
1960s1,954#501 (1960)#567
1970s1,063#684 (1971)#817
1980s804#840 (1982)#1,063
1990s541#1,210 (1991)#1,785
2000s343#2,298 (2000)#3,082
2010s262#3,358 (2016)#3,979
2020s169#3,074 (2021)#3,908

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.

Wilfred in 1980

boys
#1,047
74 births · 1 in 24,107 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,047Wilfred74
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 24,107 of them was named Wilfred, which outranked 85.6% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilfred
  1. #1,042Luciano75
  2. #1,042Mitch75
  3. #1,042Stephanie75
  4. #1,047Wilfred74
  5. #1,047Brandy74
  6. #1,047Brien74
  7. #1,047Dalton74
  8. #1,055Antonia73
  9. #1,055Aurelio73
  10. #1,055Corry73

Tied with 7 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →