Wilson

Where Wilson comes from

From Will (short form of William) + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wilson
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #179 among boys — 72 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1918
    Peak, #122
    1,381 babies named Wilson — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1920
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #221.
  4. 1941
    Wilson Pickett born
    American male singer and songwriter
  5. 1984
    Wilson Palacios born
    Honduran footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Wilson Palacios · Honduran footballer, born 1984
  • Wilson Pickett · American male singer and songwriter, 1941–2006
  • Wilson Kipketer · Kenyan and Danish middle distance runner, born 1972
  • Wilson da Silva Piazza · Brazilian footballer, born 1943
  • Wilson Oruma · Nigerian and French footballer, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.