Wilbern
Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966
- Peak · boys
- 1923 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 578since 1912
Wilbern over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilbern has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
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| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wilbern! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wilbern is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#450 · 1 in 4,612
Best ever in a state: #326 in Arkansas, 1924.
Show every state
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| Kentucky | #450 | 5 | 1 in 4,612 |
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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 Wilbern
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1923 at #1,420 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,596 boys born in 1923 were named Wilbern (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,762 boys born in 1967 (0.00%)
- 34.9% of all boys named Wilbern (202) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 105 | #1,539 (1918) | #2,043 |
| 1920s | 202 | #1,420 (1923) | #1,774 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,584 (1932) | #1,879 |
| 1940s | 81 | #1,894 (1940) | #2,649 |
| 1950s | 29 | #3,095 (1952) | #3,511 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,948 (1966) | #3,957 |
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.
Wilbern in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 44,064 of them was named Wilbern, which outranked 68.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,499Vinton24
- #1,499Westley24
- #1,499Zeno24
- #1,539Wilbern23
- #1,539Alfons23
- #1,539Amil23
- #1,539Amon23
- #1,596Albertus22
- #1,596Alston22
- #1,596Alvaro22
Tied with 56 names at #1,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.