Wilfrid

Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022

Peak · boys
1907 · 13 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,419
since 1887

Wilfrid over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wilfrid has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #735, 1907boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020#12,0225
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013#9,6557
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008#12,5535
2007—
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2003—
2002#7,6438
2001—
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1998—
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1988—
1987—
1986—
1985#5,7856
1984—
1983#5,4846
1982—
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1980—
1979—
1978—
1977—
1976#4,9356
1975—
1974—
1973#3,6948
1972#4,4416
1971—
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1968—
1967—
1966#2,9868
1965—
1964—
1963#3,6466
1962#2,67310
1961#4,0655
1960#2,8719
1959—
1958—
1957#3,5526
1956#2,7989
1955—
1954#3,1767
1953#2,53110
1952#2,6809
1951#2,49510
1950#2,32111
1949#2,02214
1948#2,21812
1947#2,8628
1946#1,94914
1945#1,85214
1944#2,30910
1943#1,63619
1942#1,73017
1941#1,82115
1940#1,80215
1939#1,71216
1938#1,52120
1937#1,40323
1936#1,72316
1935#1,29527
1934#1,42523
1933#1,40523
1932#1,35626
1931#1,45823
1930#1,15137
1929#1,15436
1928#93852
1927#1,32231
1926#1,10841
1925#99847
1924#96053
1923#1,14039
1922#92457
1921#93956
1920#98748
1919#1,00945
1918#1,03542
1917#88452
1916#1,20630
1915#87949
1914#1,00331
1913#1,07522
1912#97022
1911#79317
1910#1,1938
1909#1,4405
1908—
1907#73513
1906#1,0047
1905#1,2335
1904#1,0646
1903#8468
1902#8628
1901—
1900#9029
1899#7868
1898—
1897#8527
1896#9007
1895#1,0795
1894#1,0745
1893#8367
1892—
1891#7667
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887#9215
1886—
1885—
1884—
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1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Wilfrid! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Wilfrid is popular in 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Wilfrid in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wilfrid
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 400 spots in 1911 (#1,193 → #793)
  • Biggest drop: 327 spots in 1916 (#879 → #1,206)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1907 at #735 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1920–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,294
  • Highest: 1 in 11,294 boys born in 1907 were named Wilfrid (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 32.4% of all boys named Wilfrid (460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#921 (1887)#921
1890s46#766 (1891)#899
1900s61#735 (1907)#1,011
1910s318#793 (1911)#1,005
1920s460#924 (1922)#1,047
1930s234#1,151 (1930)#1,445
1940s138#1,636 (1943)#2,020
1950s62#2,321 (1950)#2,793
1960s38#2,673 (1962)#3,248
1970s20#3,694 (1973)#4,357
1980s12#5,484 (1983)#5,635
1990s0——
2000s13#7,643 (2002)#10,098
2010s7#9,655 (2013)#9,655
2020s5#12,022 (2020)#12,022

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.

Wilfrid in 1911

boys
#793
17 births · 1 in 13,292 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #793Wilfrid17
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 13,292 of them was named Wilfrid, which outranked 60.3% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilfrid
  1. #759Smith18
  2. #759Vicente18
  3. #759Washington18
  4. #793Wilfrid17
  5. #793Acie17
  6. #793Antoine17
  7. #793Arch17
  8. #824Adelbert16
  9. #824Alvah16
  10. #824Arvid16

Tied with 30 names at #793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →