Wilfred
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 772 births
- Debut · boys
- 21 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,417since 1880
Wilfred over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilfred has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | #3,757 | 29 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,802 | 29 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,303 | 24 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,074 | 39 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,811 | 27 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,793 | 28 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,331 | 23 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,358 | 33 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,295 | 23 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,693 | 28 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,221 | 23 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,453 | 31 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,379 | 32 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,524 | 29 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,643 | 40 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,044 | 31 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,337 | 44 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,429 | 40 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,298 | 42 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,795 | 30 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,700 | 60 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,908 | 48 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,218 | 37 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,988 | 42 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,516 | 62 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,601 | 56 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,417 | 65 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,210 | 84 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,500 | 57 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,162 | 83 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,215 | 70 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,337 | 55 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,161 | 66 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,043 | 78 | |
| 1984 | — | #891 | 96 | |
| 1983 | — | #945 | 87 | |
| 1982 | — | #840 | 111 | |
| 1981 | — | #986 | 84 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,047 | 74 | |
| 1979 | — | #858 | 102 | |
| 1978 | — | #920 | 88 | |
| 1977 | — | #875 | 93 | |
| 1976 | — | #838 | 99 | |
| 1975 | — | #938 | 76 | |
| 1974 | — | #735 | 122 | |
| 1973 | — | #874 | 83 | |
| 1972 | — | #760 | 109 | |
| 1971 | — | #684 | 146 | |
| 1970 | — | #688 | 145 | |
| 1969 | — | #654 | 146 | |
| 1968 | — | #666 | 127 | |
| 1967 | — | #628 | 143 | |
| 1966 | — | #556 | 190 | |
| 1965 | — | #546 | 198 | |
| 1964 | — | #558 | 199 | |
| 1963 | — | #522 | 233 | |
| 1962 | — | #520 | 232 | |
| 1961 | — | #516 | 237 | |
| 1960 | — | #501 | 249 | |
| 1959 | — | #478 | 266 | |
| 1958 | — | #488 | 258 | |
| 1957 | — | #441 | 301 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #462 | 268 |
| 1955 | — | #437 | 283 | |
| 1954 | — | #452 | 255 | |
| 1953 | — | #407 | 294 | |
| 1952 | — | #401 | 297 | |
| 1951 | — | #386 | 306 | |
| 1950 | — | #383 | 305 | |
| 1949 | — | #377 | 316 | |
| 1948 | — | #397 | 292 | |
| 1947 | — | #382 | 322 | |
| 1946 | — | #364 | 321 | |
| 1945 | — | #347 | 293 | |
| 1944 | — | #320 | 350 | |
| 1943 | — | #312 | 395 | |
| 1942 | — | #328 | 341 | |
| 1941 | — | #330 | 308 | |
| 1940 | — | #312 | 325 | |
| 1939 | — | #287 | 369 | |
| 1938 | — | #276 | 404 | |
| 1937 | — | #273 | 397 | |
| 1936 | — | #264 | 420 | |
| 1935 | — | #270 | 409 | |
| 1934 | — | #264 | 423 | |
| 1933 | — | #251 | 432 | |
| 1932 | — | #230 | 521 | |
| 1931 | — | #230 | 514 | |
| 1930 | — | #214 | 601 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #209 | 612 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #211 | 636 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #194 | 742 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #214 | 641 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #187 | 737 |
| 1924 | — | #193 | 728 | |
| 1923 | — | #179 | 779 | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #190 | 720 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #189 | 737 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #176 | 802 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #184 | 695 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #179 | 731 |
| 1917 | — | #164 | 772 | |
| 1916 | — | #165 | 723 | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #181 | 626 |
| 1914 | — | #187 | 463 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #180 | 384 |
| 1912 | — | #185 | 317 | |
| 1911 | — | #182 | 168 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #242 | 97 |
| 1909 | — | #226 | 91 | |
| 1908 | — | #208 | 98 | |
| 1907 | — | #207 | 93 | |
| 1906 | — | #227 | 75 | |
| 1905 | — | #221 | 75 | |
| 1904 | — | #206 | 80 | |
| 1903 | — | #228 | 64 | |
| 1902 | — | #226 | 63 | |
| 1901 | — | #253 | 47 | |
| 1900 | — | #219 | 81 | |
| 1899 | — | #231 | 52 | |
| 1898 | — | #197 | 76 | |
| 1897 | — | #258 | 46 | |
| 1896 | — | #211 | 71 | |
| 1895 | — | #276 | 41 | |
| 1894 | — | #261 | 44 | |
| 1893 | — | #246 | 50 | |
| 1892 | — | #266 | 45 | |
| 1891 | — | #251 | 40 | |
| 1890 | — | #252 | 45 | |
| 1889 | — | #274 | 37 | |
| 1888 | — | #297 | 36 | |
| 1887 | — | #299 | 31 | |
| 1886 | — | #325 | 27 | |
| 1885 | — | #274 | 37 | |
| 1884 | — | #301 | 33 | |
| 1883 | — | #253 | 42 | |
| 1882 | — | #377 | 22 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #373 | 21 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilfred was already there! It came in at #373, and was given to 21 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2011–2012, when fewer than 24 boys a year got the name.
Where Wilfred is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Hampshire#44 · 1 in 186
- Vermont#46 · 1 in 173
- Massachusetts#58 · 1 in 339
- Maine#77 · 1 in 337
- Rhode Island#90 · 1 in 591
Best ever in a state: #22 in New Hampshire, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #44 | 17 | 1 in 186 |
| Vermont | #46 | 14 | 1 in 173 |
| Massachusetts | #58 | 100 | 1 in 339 |
| Maine | #77 | 18 | 1 in 337 |
| Rhode Island | #90 | 9 | 1 in 591 |
| Louisiana | #105 | 41 | 1 in 485 |
| Minnesota | #122 | 30 | 1 in 717 |
| Connecticut | #125 | 11 | 1 in 1,073 |
| Michigan | #130 | 45 | 1 in 910 |
| North Dakota | #131 | 10 | 1 in 633 |
| Hawaii | #132 | 6 | 1 in 521 |
| Wisconsin | #136 | 26 | 1 in 911 |
| Nebraska | #143 | 15 | 1 in 778 |
| Kansas | #155 | 16 | 1 in 947 |
| Indiana | #177 | 17 | 1 in 1,521 |
| Pennsylvania | #178 | 41 | 1 in 2,128 |
| Florida | #180 | 13 | 1 in 1,174 |
| South Dakota | #189 | 5 | 1 in 1,173 |
| Washington | #197 | 5 | 1 in 1,885 |
| New Jersey | #200 | 11 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Missouri | #206 | 17 | 1 in 1,735 |
| Ohio | #232 | 20 | 1 in 2,633 |
| New York | #243 | 31 | 1 in 3,106 |
| Illinois | #247 | 21 | 1 in 2,759 |
| California | #269 | 15 | 1 in 2,452 |
| Iowa | #286 | 6 | 1 in 3,324 |
| Virginia | #373 | 5 | 1 in 4,430 |
| Mississippi | #404 | 5 | 1 in 4,055 |
| Texas | #428 | 16 | 1 in 3,435 |
| Georgia | #453 | 5 | 1 in 5,406 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
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| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Wilfred
- 944 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #3,757)
- 54 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #3,757)
- 538 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #3,757)
- Biggest jump: 146 spots in 1982 (#986 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1975 (#735 → #938)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #164 (772 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1979
- Highest: 1 in 1,199 boys born in 1917 were named Wilfred (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.3% of all boys named Wilfred (7,134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 308 | #253 (1883) | #312 |
| 1890s | 510 | #197 (1898) | #245 |
| 1900s | 767 | #206 (1904) | #222 |
| 1910s | 4,976 | #164 (1917) | #185 |
| 1920s | 7,134 | #176 (1920) | #194 |
| 1930s | 4,490 | #214 (1930) | #256 |
| 1940s | 3,263 | #312 (1943) | #347 |
| 1950s | 2,833 | #383 (1950) | #434 |
| 1960s | 1,954 | #501 (1960) | #567 |
| 1970s | 1,063 | #684 (1971) | #817 |
| 1980s | 804 | #840 (1982) | #1,063 |
| 1990s | 541 | #1,210 (1991) | #1,785 |
| 2000s | 343 | #2,298 (2000) | #3,082 |
| 2010s | 262 | #3,358 (2016) | #3,979 |
| 2020s | 169 | #3,074 (2021) | #3,908 |
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.
Wilfred in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 118,540 of them was named Wilfred, which outranked 45.8% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,872Zenaida11
- #2,872Zoa11
- #2,872Zuma11
- #3,046Wilfred10
- #3,046Adelaida10
- #3,046Adelma10
- #3,046Adena10
- #3,269Abelina9
- #3,269Adabelle9
- #3,269Adrianna9
Tied with 222 names at #3,046; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,732 of them was named Wilfred, which outranked 95.6% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #211Eldon647
- #212Pete643
- #213Nick642
- #214Wilfred641
- #214Rufus641
- #216Wendell640
- #217Malcolm629
- #218Fredrick625
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.