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

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Peak · boys: #422
1924 · 208 births
Debut · boys: 1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 8,653
since 1880

Wilton over time

boys

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

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.

See more about Wilton

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 1996

boys

#2,679

28 births · 1 in 67,654 boys

Top boys' names in 1996

#1Michael38,373
#2Matthew32,077
#3Jacob31,925
#4Christopher30,904
#5Joshua29,175
#6Nicholas27,724
#7Tyler26,956
#8Brandon25,847
#9Austin25,663
#10Andrew25,244
⋯
#2,679Wilton28

More about 1996

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 67,654 of them was named Wilton, which outranked 74.6% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilton

#2,590Vinh29
#2,590Wil29
#2,590Zak29
#2,679Wilton28
#2,679Aamir28
#2,679Abe28
#2,679Alante28
#2,747Abisai27
#2,747Adin27
#2,747Alonte27

Tied with 67 names at #2,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995

Risers

↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962

Fallers

↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →