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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Wilton has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
First appearance
1880
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.
Where Wilton is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Louisiana#329 · 1 in 2,889
- South Carolina#359 · 1 in 4,352
- North Carolina#412 · 1 in 6,026
- New York#870 · 1 in 36,230
- Texas#918 · 1 in 20,813
Best ever in a state: #125 in Louisiana, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #329 | 15 | 1 in 2,889 |
| South Carolina | #359 | 7 | 1 in 4,352 |
| North Carolina | #412 | 9 | 1 in 6,026 |
| New York | #870 | 5 | 1 in 36,230 |
| Texas | #918 | 6 | 1 in 20,813 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #422 (208 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1893–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,298
- 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 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 1957
boys
#880
74 births · 1 in 29,152 boys
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 29,152 of them was named Wilton, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).