Wilburn
Last seen for girls in 1934 at #4,286 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 317 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,324since 1880
Wilburn over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilburn 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,546 | 32 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,294 | 41 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,473 | 33 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,309 | 41 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,265 | 39 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,057 | 49 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,061 | 48 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,027 | 50 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,012 | 53 | |
| 1964 | — | #921 | 68 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,012 | 56 | |
| 1962 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1961 | — | #940 | 66 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,034 | 55 | |
| 1959 | — | #926 | 68 | |
| 1958 | — | #902 | 70 | |
| 1957 | — | #919 | 68 | |
| 1956 | — | #820 | 83 | |
| 1955 | — | #739 | 97 | |
| 1954 | — | #758 | 88 | |
| 1953 | — | #805 | 79 | |
| 1952 | — | #699 | 100 | |
| 1951 | — | #791 | 79 | |
| 1950 | — | #750 | 84 | |
| 1949 | — | #649 | 111 | |
| 1948 | — | #556 | 145 | |
| 1947 | — | #575 | 139 | |
| 1946 | — | #552 | 134 | |
| 1945 | — | #567 | 113 | |
| 1944 | — | #504 | 144 | |
| 1943 | — | #507 | 149 | |
| 1942 | — | #505 | 147 | |
| 1941 | — | #455 | 168 | |
| 1940 | — | #430 | 184 | |
| 1939 | — | #414 | 189 | |
| 1938 | — | #385 | 214 | |
| 1937 | — | #424 | 179 | |
| 1936 | — | #397 | 191 | |
| 1935 | — | #390 | 195 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #359 | 229 |
| 1933 | — | #379 | 206 | |
| 1932 | — | #378 | 220 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #356 | 244 |
| 1930 | — | #361 | 254 | |
| 1929 | — | #377 | 232 | |
| 1928 | — | #359 | 258 | |
| 1927 | — | #357 | 268 | |
| 1926 | — | #318 | 317 | |
| 1925 | — | #352 | 280 | |
| 1924 | — | #350 | 284 | |
| 1923 | — | #335 | 302 | |
| 1922 | — | #382 | 247 | |
| 1921 | — | #338 | 304 | |
| 1920 | — | #365 | 269 | |
| 1919 | — | #341 | 274 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #357 | 265 |
| 1917 | — | #374 | 227 | |
| 1916 | — | #360 | 226 | |
| 1915 | — | #382 | 196 | |
| 1914 | — | #412 | 133 | |
| 1913 | — | #396 | 116 | |
| 1912 | — | #412 | 89 | |
| 1911 | — | #409 | 49 | |
| 1910 | — | #407 | 43 | |
| 1909 | — | #496 | 27 | |
| 1908 | — | #438 | 30 | |
| 1907 | — | #448 | 27 | |
| 1906 | — | #503 | 20 | |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #477 | 23 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilburn was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wilburn is popular in 1884
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Wilburn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1896 (#738 → #551)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1883 (#389 → #556)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #318 (317 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1959
- Highest: 1 in 3,503 boys born in 1926 were named Wilburn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 26.7% of all boys named Wilburn (2,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #389 (1882) | #503 |
| 1890s | 133 | #434 (1890) | #558 |
| 1900s | 224 | #410 (1905) | #481 |
| 1910s | 1,618 | #341 (1919) | #385 |
| 1920s | 2,761 | #318 (1926) | #353 |
| 1930s | 2,121 | #356 (1931) | #384 |
| 1940s | 1,434 | #430 (1940) | #530 |
| 1950s | 816 | #699 (1952) | #811 |
| 1960s | 546 | #921 (1964) | #1,030 |
| 1970s | 300 | #1,294 (1973) | #1,738 |
| 1980s | 140 | #2,003 (1980) | #3,590 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,231 (1991) | #7,042 |
| 2000s | 18 | #9,392 (2002) | #10,126 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,330 (2022) | #12,330 |
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.
Wilburn in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
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114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 8,803 of them was named Wilburn, which outranked 53.8% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).