Wilfrid
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,419since 1887
Wilfrid over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Wilfrid has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,458 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,154 | 36 |
| 1928 | #938 | 52 |
| 1927 | #1,322 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #998 | 47 |
| 1924 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1922 | #924 | 57 |
| 1921 | #939 | 56 |
| 1920 | #987 | 48 |
| 1919 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #884 | 52 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #879 | 49 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1887
The first year at least five boys were named Wilfrid! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 400 spots in 1911 (#1,193 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 327 spots in 1916 (#879 → #1,206)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1907 at #735 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1920–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,294
- Highest: 1 in 11,294 boys born in 1907 were named Wilfrid (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 32.4% of all boys named Wilfrid (460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #921 (1887) | #921 |
| 1890s | 46 | #766 (1891) | #899 |
| 1900s | 61 | #735 (1907) | #1,011 |
| 1910s | 318 | #793 (1911) | #1,005 |
| 1920s | 460 | #924 (1922) | #1,047 |
| 1930s | 234 | #1,151 (1930) | #1,445 |
| 1940s | 138 | #1,636 (1943) | #2,020 |
| 1950s | 62 | #2,321 (1950) | #2,793 |
| 1960s | 38 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,248 |
| 1970s | 20 | #3,694 (1973) | #4,357 |
| 1980s | 12 | #5,484 (1983) | #5,635 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 13 | #7,643 (2002) | #10,098 |
| 2010s | 7 | #9,655 (2013) | #9,655 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,022 |
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.
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