Meaning not yet researched.
Wilber: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 27 in 2025. Its best rank was #322 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #322 in 1882; #4,039 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wilber in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,039 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #322.
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Wilber: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 27 boys in 2025. Peak: #322 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 162 (1919).
In 2025, 27 US boys were named Wilber, making it the 4,039th most common boys’ name of the year, up 276 places from #4,315 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 25 boys named Wilber in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #322, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 162, in 1919. For comparison, it was #2,963 in 2015 and #1,339 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wilber in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 23 babies with the name. In all, 6,902 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,437 babies named Wilber.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 322 US boys were named Wilber; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 42. In 2025 that was about 1 in 63,262 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Wilbur (57,196 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Bert and Will.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 27 | #4,039 |
| 2024 | — | — | 25 | #4,315 |
| 2023 | — | — | 33 | #3,559 |
| 2022 | — | — | 38 | #3,211 |
| 2021 | — | — | 27 | #4,002 |
| 2020 | — | — | 40 | #2,978 |
| 2019 | — | — | 26 | #4,105 |
| 2018 | — | — | 42 | #2,890 |
| 2017 | — | — | 29 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | — | — | 35 | #3,289 |
| 2015 | — | — | 40 | #2,963 |
| 2014 | — | — | 40 | #2,928 |
| 2013 | — | — | 40 | #2,892 |
| 2012 | — | — | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2011 | — | — | 42 | #2,849 |
| 2010 | — | — | 53 | #2,399 |
| 2009 | — | — | 41 | #2,943 |
| 2008 | — | — | 68 | #2,058 |
| 2007 | — | — | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2006 | — | — | 81 | #1,736 |
| 2005 | — | — | 53 | #2,263 |
| 2004 | — | — | 60 | #2,023 |
| 2003 | — | — | 61 | #1,934 |
| 2002 | — | — | 47 | #2,248 |
| 2001 | — | — | 47 | #2,215 |
| 2000 | — | — | 44 | #2,255 |
| 1999 | — | — | 45 | #2,139 |
| 1998 | — | — | 34 | #2,550 |
| 1997 | — | — | 29 | #2,747 |
| 1996 | — | — | 33 | #2,438 |
| 1995 | — | — | 40 | #2,100 |
| 1994 | — | — | 31 | #2,500 |
| 1993 | — | — | 44 | #1,906 |
| 1992 | — | — | 36 | #2,172 |
| 1991 | — | — | 37 | #2,049 |
| 1990 | — | — | 37 | #2,047 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,357 |
| 1988 | — | — | 23 | #2,596 |
| 1987 | — | — | 18 | #2,939 |
| 1986 | — | — | 18 | #2,885 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #5,129 |
| 1984 | — | — | 17 | #2,821 |
| 1983 | — | — | 8 | #4,893 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,225 |
| 1981 | — | — | 12 | #3,598 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,093 |
| 1979 | — | — | 9 | #4,395 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #5,043 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #4,161 |
| 1976 | — | — | 18 | #2,505 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,899 |
| 1974 | — | — | 26 | #1,830 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #3,010 |
| 1972 | — | — | 21 | #2,019 |
| 1971 | — | — | 20 | #2,122 |
| 1970 | — | — | 9 | #3,513 |
| 1969 | — | — | 19 | #1,971 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,832 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,605 |
| 1966 | — | — | 12 | #2,460 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,080 |
| 1964 | — | — | 19 | #1,898 |
| 1963 | — | — | 17 | #2,042 |
| 1962 | — | — | 25 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | — | — | 20 | #1,874 |
| 1960 | — | — | 15 | #2,206 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,384 |
| 1958 | — | — | 29 | #1,482 |
| 1957 | — | — | 31 | #1,434 |
| 1956 | — | — | 29 | #1,478 |
| 1955 | — | — | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1954 | — | — | 37 | #1,241 |
| 1953 | — | — | 40 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | — | — | 45 | #1,093 |
| 1951 | — | — | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | — | — | 30 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 5 | #6,042 | 36 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | — | — | 45 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | — | — | 64 | #877 |
| 1946 | — | — | 41 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | — | — | 40 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | — | — | 51 | #897 |
| 1943 | — | — | 65 | #823 |
| 1942 | — | — | 74 | #747 |
| 1941 | — | — | 72 | #732 |
| 1940 | — | — | 87 | #645 |
| 1939 | — | — | 74 | #694 |
| 1938 | — | — | 88 | #639 |
| 1937 | — | — | 70 | #728 |
| 1936 | — | — | 101 | #576 |
| 1935 | — | — | 105 | #565 |
| 1934 | — | — | 84 | #665 |
| 1933 | — | — | 67 | #751 |
| 1932 | — | — | 110 | #564 |
| 1931 | — | — | 113 | #553 |
| 1930 | — | — | 146 | #493 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,551 | 106 | #586 |
| 1928 | — | — | 123 | #551 |
| 1927 | — | — | 142 | #511 |
| 1926 | — | — | 139 | #515 |
| 1925 | — | — | 147 | #503 |
| 1924 | — | — | 160 | #490 |
| 1923 | — | — | 158 | #488 |
| 1922 | — | — | 159 | #495 |
| 1921 | — | — | 146 | #514 |
| 1920 | — | — | 151 | #492 |
| 1919 | — | — | 162 | #468 |
| 1918 | — | — | 151 | #487 |
| 1917 | — | — | 151 | #464 |
| 1916 | — | — | 125 | #505 |
| 1915 | — | — | 160 | #428 |
| 1914 | — | — | 94 | #506 |
| 1913 | — | — | 71 | #512 |
| 1912 | — | — | 64 | #499 |
| 1911 | — | — | 35 | #504 |
| 1910 | — | — | 35 | #473 |
| 1909 | — | — | 31 | #460 |
| 1908 | — | — | 21 | #565 |
| 1907 | — | — | 24 | #485 |
| 1906 | — | — | 24 | #464 |
| 1905 | — | — | 18 | #571 |
| 1904 | — | — | 21 | #480 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #549 |
| 1902 | — | — | 20 | #489 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #594 |
| 1900 | — | — | 31 | #412 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,046 |
| 1898 | — | — | 21 | #451 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #650 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #460 |
| 1895 | — | — | 21 | #435 |
| 1894 | — | — | 15 | #542 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #507 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #479 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #594 |
| 1890 | — | — | 16 | #487 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #523 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #645 |
| 1887 | — | — | 22 | #355 |
| 1886 | — | — | 14 | #511 |
| 1885 | — | — | 22 | #387 |
| 1884 | — | — | 23 | #374 |
| 1883 | — | — | 17 | #447 |
| 1882 | — | — | 29 | #322 |
| 1881 | — | — | 14 | #484 |
| 1880 | — | — | 23 | #362 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).