Wilferd

Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,537

Peak · boys
1914 · 19 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
481
since 1912

Wilferd over time

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Rank among boys' names. Wilferd has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,388, 1914boys
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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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1966#3,5376
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1941#2,6568
1940#2,08112
1939#2,8297
1938#2,32610
1937#2,6808
1936#2,6298
1935#1,92914
1934#1,93214
1933#2,36810
1932#1,84816
1931#1,58920
1930#2,29312
1929#1,79318
1928#1,76019
1927#1,56124
1926#2,56611
1925#1,53424
1924#2,13215
1923#1,75320
1922#1,76520
1921#2,05916
1920#1,59223
1919#1,75219
1918#1,76719
1917#2,56210
1916#1,77117
1915#1,96814
1914#1,38819
1913#2,4966
1912#2,0457
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Wilferd! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Wilferd is popular in 1925

No state had 5 or more boys named Wilferd in 1925, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wilferd
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1966
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1914 at #1,388 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,461
  • Highest: 1 in 34,461 boys born in 1914 were named Wilferd (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,244 boys born in 1966 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 39.5% of all boys named Wilferd (190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s111#1,388 (1914)#1,969
1920s190#1,534 (1925)#1,852
1930s119#1,589 (1931)#2,242
1940s38#2,081 (1940)#2,905
1950s17#3,425 (1953)#3,623
1960s6#3,537 (1966)#3,537

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.

Wilferd in 1925

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#1,534
24 births · 1 in 46,497 boys

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #1,534Wilferd24
More about 1925

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1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 46,497 of them was named Wilferd, which outranked 68.5% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilferd
  1. #1,493Stephan25
  2. #1,493Verdell25
  3. #1,493Ysidro25
  4. #1,534Wilferd24
  5. #1,534Aldon24
  6. #1,534Arlen24
  7. #1,534Arnett24
  8. #1,583Adron23
  9. #1,583Aleck23
  10. #1,583Alwin23

Tied with 48 names at #1,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →