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

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Peak · boys
1926 · 317 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,324
since 1880

Wilburn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wilburn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #318, 1926boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022—#12,3305
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008—#11,0376
2007——
2006——
2005——
2004—#9,9486
2003——
2002—#9,3926
2001——
2000——
1999—#9,9125
1998—#6,3149
1997—#8,1106
1996——
1995—#5,9289
1994—#7,7706
1993—#8,7005
1992—#5,23610
1991—#4,23113
1990—#7,1786
1989—#3,61815
1988—#3,91512
1987—#4,9688
1986—#2,89117
1985—#3,21614
1984—#3,10714
1983—#3,88410
1982—#5,6196
1981—#2,68017
1980—#2,00327
1979—#2,10424
1978—#2,06823
1977—#2,45818
1976—#1,57234
1975—#2,06522
1974—#1,54632
1973—#1,29441
1972—#1,47333
1971—#1,30941
1970—#1,49432
1969—#1,26539
1968—#1,05749
1967—#1,06148
1966—#1,02750
1965—#1,01253
1964—#92168
1963—#1,01256
1962—#96762
1961—#94066
1960—#1,03455
1959—#92668
1958—#90270
1957—#91968
1956—#82083
1955—#73997
1954—#75888
1953—#80579
1952—#699100
1951—#79179
1950—#75084
1949—#649111
1948—#556145
1947—#575139
1946—#552134
1945—#567113
1944—#504144
1943—#507149
1942—#505147
1941—#455168
1940—#430184
1939—#414189
1938—#385214
1937—#424179
1936—#397191
1935—#390195
1934#4,2865#359229
1933—#379206
1932—#378220
1931#4,3315#356244
1930—#361254
1929—#377232
1928—#359258
1927—#357268
1926—#318317
1925—#352280
1924—#350284
1923—#335302
1922—#382247
1921—#338304
1920—#365269
1919—#341274
1918#4,8095#357265
1917—#374227
1916—#360226
1915—#382196
1914—#412133
1913—#396116
1912—#41289
1911—#40949
1910—#40743
1909—#49627
1908—#43830
1907—#44827
1906—#50320
1905—#41027
1904—#53817
1903—#45121
1902—#49019
1901—#55913
1900—#47723
1899—#54813
1898—#52316
1897—#51515
1896—#55114
1895—#7389
1894—#63111
1893—#47915
1892—#64111
1891—#52412
1890—#43417
1889—#58111
1888—#46417
1887—#51612
1886—#57811
1885—#52113
1884—#52013
1883—#55611
1882—#38921
1881—#46014
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

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 1981

No state had 5 or more boys named Wilburn in 1981, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wilburn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1896 (#738 → #551)
  • Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1883 (#389 → #556)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1926 at #318 (317 births)
  • Births halved by 1942, 16 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 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,503
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.7% of all boys named Wilburn (2,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#389 (1882)#503
1890s133#434 (1890)#558
1900s224#410 (1905)#481
1910s1,618#341 (1919)#385
1920s2,761#318 (1926)#353
1930s2,121#356 (1931)#384
1940s1,434#430 (1940)#530
1950s816#699 (1952)#811
1960s546#921 (1964)#1,030
1970s300#1,294 (1973)#1,738
1980s140#2,003 (1980)#3,590
1990s69#4,231 (1991)#7,042
2000s18#9,392 (2002)#10,126
2010s0——
2020s5#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 1981

boys
#2,680
17 births · 1 in 105,363 boys

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #2,680Wilburn17
More about 1981

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 105,363 of them was named Wilburn, which outranked 63.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilburn
  1. #2,569Victoriano18
  2. #2,569Windell18
  3. #2,569Yakov18
  4. #2,680Wilburn17
  5. #2,680Alexandros17
  6. #2,680Amish17
  7. #2,680Andree17
  8. #2,779Aarron16
  9. #2,779Alfonza16
  10. #2,779Alika16

Tied with 98 names at #2,680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
  2. ↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
  3. ↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
  4. ↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
  5. ↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633
Fallers
  1. ↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
  2. ↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
  3. ↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
  5. ↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →