Wilber
Last seen for girls in 1949 at #5,244 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,891since 1880
Wilber over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilber has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | #3,949 | 27 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,474 | 33 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,151 | 38 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,912 | 27 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,925 | 40 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,848 | 42 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,230 | 35 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,919 | 40 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,885 | 40 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,848 | 40 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,002 | 38 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,798 | 42 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,375 | 53 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,894 | 41 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,039 | 68 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,304 | 56 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,724 | 81 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,224 | 47 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,185 | 47 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,098 | 45 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,507 | 34 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,680 | 29 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,055 | 40 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,875 | 44 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,128 | 36 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,019 | 37 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,012 | 37 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,850 | 19 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,411 | 31 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,227 | 37 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,170 | 40 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,081 | 45 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,279 | 33 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,185 | 36 |
| 1948 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1947 | — | #870 | 64 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,006 | 40 | |
| 1944 | — | #888 | 51 | |
| 1943 | — | #817 | 65 | |
| 1942 | — | #745 | 74 | |
| 1941 | — | #729 | 72 | |
| 1940 | — | #643 | 87 | |
| 1939 | — | #691 | 74 | |
| 1938 | — | #638 | 88 | |
| 1937 | — | #722 | 70 | |
| 1936 | — | #573 | 101 | |
| 1935 | — | #563 | 105 | |
| 1934 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1933 | — | #745 | 67 | |
| 1932 | — | #564 | 110 | |
| 1931 | — | #550 | 113 | |
| 1930 | — | #490 | 146 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #580 | 106 |
| 1928 | — | #547 | 123 | |
| 1927 | — | #508 | 142 | |
| 1926 | — | #512 | 139 | |
| 1925 | — | #502 | 147 | |
| 1924 | — | #490 | 160 | |
| 1923 | — | #485 | 158 | |
| 1922 | — | #493 | 159 | |
| 1921 | — | #513 | 146 | |
| 1920 | — | #490 | 151 | |
| 1919 | — | #468 | 162 | |
| 1918 | — | #485 | 151 | |
| 1917 | — | #464 | 151 | |
| 1916 | — | #505 | 125 | |
| 1915 | — | #427 | 160 | |
| 1914 | — | #505 | 94 | |
| 1913 | — | #510 | 71 | |
| 1912 | — | #497 | 64 | |
| 1911 | — | #497 | 35 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #453 | 31 | |
| 1908 | — | #553 | 21 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #456 | 24 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #527 | 17 | |
| 1902 | — | #475 | 20 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #435 | 21 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #426 | 21 | |
| 1894 | — | #521 | 15 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #352 | 22 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #380 | 22 | |
| 1884 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1883 | — | #433 | 17 | |
| 1882 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #356 | 23 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilber was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Wilber is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#536 · 1 in 9,517
Best ever in a state: #146 in Oklahoma, 1911.
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| North Carolina | #536 | 5 | 1 in 9,517 |
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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.
See more about Wilber
- 251 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #3,949)
- 1,024 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #3,949)
- 1,030 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 526 spots in 1900 (#928 → #402)
- Biggest drop: 493 spots in 1899 (#435 → #928)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #317 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1944
- Highest: 1 in 3,920 boys born in 1882 were named Wilber (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Wilber (1,431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 189 | #317 (1882) | #427 |
| 1890s | 155 | #426 (1895) | #532 |
| 1900s | 220 | #402 (1900) | #491 |
| 1910s | 1,048 | #427 (1915) | #482 |
| 1920s | 1,431 | #485 (1923) | #512 |
| 1930s | 958 | #490 (1930) | #619 |
| 1940s | 575 | #643 (1940) | #901 |
| 1950s | 339 | #1,081 (1952) | #1,307 |
| 1960s | 174 | #1,588 (1962) | #1,983 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,790 (1974) | #2,957 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,292 (1989) | #3,266 |
| 1990s | 366 | #1,875 (1993) | #2,220 |
| 2000s | 558 | #1,724 (2006) | #2,172 |
| 2010s | 385 | #2,375 (2010) | #3,059 |
| 2020s | 190 | #2,925 (2020) | #3,602 |
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.
Wilber in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 39,610 of them was named Wilber, which outranked 73.2% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,060Ocie42
- #1,060Romeo42
- #1,060Wayland42
- #1,076Wilber41
- #1,076Angus41
- #1,076Asa41
- #1,076Chauncey41
- #1,094Abelardo40
- #1,094Aron40
- #1,094Auther40
Tied with 17 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.