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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #735, 1907boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
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2020#12,0225
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2013#9,6557
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2008#12,5535
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2002#7,6438
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1985#5,7856
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1983#5,4846
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1976#4,9356
1975—
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1973#3,6948
1972#4,4416
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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
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1891#7667
1890—
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1888—
1887#9215
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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 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #94 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 520 boysNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedMINew York: #522 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,056 boysNYMassachusetts: #305 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,619 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #468 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,052 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Wilfrid, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#94 · 1 in 520
  2. Massachusetts#305 · 1 in 4,619
  3. Pennsylvania#468 · 1 in 12,052
  4. New York#522 · 1 in 13,056

Best ever in a state: #67 in New Hampshire, 1921.

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Massachusetts#30561 in 4,619
Pennsylvania#46861 in 12,052
New York#52261 in 13,056
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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 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 1915

boys
#879
49 births · 1 in 17,318 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #879Wilfrid49
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 17,318 of them was named Wilfrid, which outranked 80.0% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilfrid
  1. #868Rueben50
  2. #868Sammy50
  3. #868Waldemar50
  4. #879Wilfrid49
  5. #879Artie49
  6. #879Axel49
  7. #879Burley49
  8. #893Allison48
  9. #893Arturo48
  10. #893Erling48

Tied with 13 names at #879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 691Eston#1,687 → #996
  2. ↑ 565Estill#1,545 → #980
  3. ↑ 545Garth#1,260 → #715
  4. ↑ 474Hiroshi#1,342 → #868
  5. ↑ 439Domingo#1,101 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Gilmore#986 → #1,660
  2. ↓ 667Barnett#933 → #1,600
  3. ↓ 526Rose#884 → #1,410
  4. ↓ 517Toivo#855 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 461Sampson#949 → #1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915 →