Wilburt
Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,108since 1903
Wilburt over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilburt 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.
Show data table
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| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | — | |
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| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,379 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
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| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wilburt! It came in at #1,130, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Wilburt is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#413 · 1 in 5,870
Best ever in a state: #387 in Mississippi, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #413 | 5 | 1 in 5,870 |
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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 Wilburt
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1917 at #1,092 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1919, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,846 boys born in 1903 were named Wilburt (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 373,397 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,092 in 1917, was only 1 in 25,013 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.7% of all boys named Wilburt (263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,182 |
| 1910s | 179 | #1,092 (1917) | #1,580 |
| 1920s | 263 | #1,139 (1920) | #1,475 |
| 1930s | 191 | #1,361 (1931) | #1,639 |
| 1940s | 154 | #1,501 (1949) | #1,920 |
| 1950s | 153 | #1,547 (1952) | #2,187 |
| 1960s | 94 | #1,728 (1960) | #2,911 |
| 1970s | 51 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,291 |
| 1980s | 13 | #4,853 (1986) | #5,902 |
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.
Wilburt in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
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925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 25,013 of them was named Wilburt, which outranked 76.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,078Ole38
- #1,078Paris38
- #1,078Rose38
- #1,092Wilburt37
- #1,092Ethel37
- #1,092Farrell37
- #1,092Fidel37
- #1,113Alf36
- #1,113Aurelio36
- #1,113Axel36
Tied with 20 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.