Wilton
Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,691 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1924 · 208 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,653since 1880
Wilton over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilton has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,075 | 19 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,080 | 25 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,444 | 31 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,105 | 23 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,615 | 26 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,931 | 31 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,064 | 24 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,679 | 28 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,850 | 45 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,362 | 31 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,946 | 39 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,891 | 39 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,860 | 19 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,057 | 28 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,724 | 35 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,429 | 44 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,734 | 33 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,475 | 42 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,407 | 44 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,571 | 35 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,646 | 32 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,439 | 36 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,230 | 45 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,138 | 52 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,170 | 50 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,147 | 43 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,117 | 44 | |
| 1966 | — | #901 | 64 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,012 | 53 | |
| 1964 | — | #958 | 63 | |
| 1963 | — | #984 | 59 | |
| 1962 | — | #917 | 68 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,042 | 56 | |
| 1960 | — | #842 | 80 | |
| 1959 | — | #830 | 84 | |
| 1958 | — | #828 | 82 | |
| 1957 | — | #880 | 74 | |
| 1956 | — | #809 | 85 | |
| 1955 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1954 | — | #800 | 81 | |
| 1953 | — | #768 | 85 | |
| 1952 | — | #649 | 114 | |
| 1951 | — | #661 | 112 | |
| 1950 | — | #652 | 114 | |
| 1949 | — | #702 | 95 | |
| 1948 | — | #634 | 114 | |
| 1947 | — | #682 | 103 | |
| 1946 | — | #654 | 97 | |
| 1945 | — | #636 | 90 | |
| 1944 | — | #569 | 116 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #550 | 130 |
| 1942 | — | #530 | 133 | |
| 1941 | — | #559 | 115 | |
| 1940 | — | #575 | 107 | |
| 1939 | — | #573 | 100 | |
| 1938 | — | #571 | 105 | |
| 1937 | — | #517 | 124 | |
| 1936 | — | #474 | 141 | |
| 1935 | — | #528 | 120 | |
| 1934 | — | #530 | 122 | |
| 1933 | — | #465 | 144 | |
| 1932 | — | #508 | 129 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #493 | 135 |
| 1930 | — | #494 | 145 | |
| 1929 | — | #461 | 163 | |
| 1928 | — | #461 | 173 | |
| 1927 | — | #449 | 185 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #473 | 161 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #449 | 179 |
| 1924 | — | #422 | 208 | |
| 1923 | — | #443 | 189 | |
| 1922 | — | #433 | 194 | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #453 | 184 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #483 | 158 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #432 | 185 |
| 1918 | — | #474 | 155 | |
| 1917 | — | #438 | 166 | |
| 1916 | — | #455 | 153 | |
| 1915 | — | #453 | 147 | |
| 1914 | — | #475 | 104 | |
| 1913 | — | #436 | 95 | |
| 1912 | — | #574 | 49 | |
| 1911 | — | #562 | 29 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #566 | 20 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #463 | 23 | |
| 1904 | — | #444 | 23 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilton was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wilton
- 418 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,861)
- 759 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #5,861)
- 1,781 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #5,861)
- Biggest jump: 361 spots in 1893 (#1,066 → #705)
- Biggest drop: 502 spots in 1892 (#564 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #422 (208 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1893–1960
- Highest: 1 in 5,298 boys born in 1919 were named Wilton (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #422 in 1924, was only 1 in 5,446 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.7% of all boys named Wilton (1,794) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | #611 (1882) | #750 |
| 1890s | 80 | #564 (1891) | #796 |
| 1900s | 173 | #444 (1904) | #602 |
| 1910s | 1,104 | #432 (1919) | #493 |
| 1920s | 1,794 | #422 (1924) | #453 |
| 1930s | 1,265 | #465 (1933) | #515 |
| 1940s | 1,100 | #530 (1942) | #609 |
| 1950s | 921 | #649 (1952) | #764 |
| 1960s | 587 | #842 (1960) | #994 |
| 1970s | 416 | #1,138 (1971) | #1,381 |
| 1980s | 329 | #1,429 (1983) | #1,895 |
| 1990s | 295 | #1,850 (1993) | #2,672 |
| 2000s | 245 | #2,931 (2001) | #3,847 |
| 2010s | 176 | #4,080 (2015) | #5,303 |
| 2020s | 102 | #4,780 (2021) | #5,466 |
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.
Wilton in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 137,006 of them was named Wilton, which outranked 42.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,164Wm10
- #3,164Zeda10
- #3,164Zelta10
- #3,400Wilton9
- #3,400Adalyn9
- #3,400Adelyne9
- #3,400Adina9
- #3,666Ader8
- #3,666Adine8
- #3,666Agapita8
Tied with 265 names at #3,400; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 5,986 of them was named Wilton, which outranked 90.9% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).