Wilkie

Where Wilkie comes from

From a Scottish diminutive of Wilk, a back-formation from Wilkin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wilkie
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1911
    Wilkie Cooper born
    British cinematographer
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,915 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1928
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1940
    Peak, #792
    61 babies named Wilkie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,300.
  6. 1958
    Wilkie Rasmussen born
    Cook Islands politician
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Wilkie Cooper · British cinematographer, 1911–2001
  • Wilkie Rasmussen · Cook Islands politician, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.