Meaning not yet researched.
Wilfred: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 29 in 2025. Its best rank was #164 in 1917.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #164 in 1917; #3,844 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wilfred in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,844 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1917, at #164.
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Wilfred: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 29 boys in 2025. Peak: #164 in 1917 · most boys in one year: 802 (1920).
In 2025, 29 US boys were named Wilfred, making it the 3,844th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,033 places from #4,877 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 21 boys named Wilfred in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #164, reached in 1917. The most boys given the name in a single year was 802, in 1920. For comparison, it was #4,398 in 2015 and #385 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wilfred in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 21 babies with the name. In all, 29,520 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 7,198 babies named Wilfred.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 278 US boys were named Wilfred; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 39. In 2025 that was about 1 in 58,899 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Wilfrid (1,419 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Willfred and Wilfried are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Fred, Wil, Will and Willie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Willfred (20), Wilfried (20).
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 | — | — | 29 | #3,844 |
| 2024 | — | — | 21 | #4,877 |
| 2023 | — | — | 29 | #3,873 |
| 2022 | — | — | 24 | #4,434 |
| 2021 | — | — | 39 | #3,118 |
| 2020 | — | — | 27 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | — | — | 25 | #4,222 |
| 2018 | — | — | 28 | #3,883 |
| 2017 | — | — | 23 | #4,459 |
| 2016 | — | — | 33 | #3,438 |
| 2015 | — | — | 23 | #4,398 |
| 2014 | — | — | 28 | #3,782 |
| 2013 | — | — | 30 | #3,577 |
| 2012 | — | — | 18 | #5,239 |
| 2011 | — | — | 23 | #4,343 |
| 2010 | — | — | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2009 | — | — | 21 | #4,740 |
| 2008 | — | — | 33 | #3,415 |
| 2007 | — | — | 32 | #3,441 |
| 2006 | — | — | 29 | #3,597 |
| 2005 | — | — | 31 | #3,314 |
| 2004 | — | — | 40 | #2,694 |
| 2003 | — | — | 31 | #3,115 |
| 2002 | — | — | 44 | #2,371 |
| 2001 | — | — | 40 | #2,488 |
| 2000 | — | — | 42 | #2,329 |
| 1999 | — | — | 30 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | — | — | 60 | #1,718 |
| 1997 | — | — | 48 | #1,932 |
| 1996 | — | — | 37 | #2,253 |
| 1995 | — | — | 42 | #2,025 |
| 1994 | — | — | 62 | #1,530 |
| 1993 | — | — | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1992 | — | — | 65 | #1,428 |
| 1991 | — | — | 84 | #1,215 |
| 1990 | — | — | 57 | #1,515 |
| 1989 | — | — | 83 | #1,171 |
| 1988 | — | — | 70 | #1,221 |
| 1987 | — | — | 55 | #1,366 |
| 1986 | — | — | 66 | #1,173 |
| 1985 | — | — | 78 | #1,048 |
| 1984 | — | — | 96 | #899 |
| 1983 | — | — | 87 | #948 |
| 1982 | — | — | 111 | #844 |
| 1981 | — | — | 84 | #993 |
| 1980 | — | — | 74 | #1,054 |
| 1979 | — | — | 102 | #863 |
| 1978 | — | — | 88 | #926 |
| 1977 | — | — | 93 | #881 |
| 1976 | — | — | 99 | #843 |
| 1975 | — | — | 76 | #944 |
| 1974 | — | — | 122 | #738 |
| 1973 | — | — | 83 | #878 |
| 1972 | — | — | 109 | #765 |
| 1971 | — | — | 146 | #687 |
| 1970 | — | — | 145 | #690 |
| 1969 | — | — | 146 | #655 |
| 1968 | — | — | 127 | #668 |
| 1967 | — | — | 143 | #630 |
| 1966 | — | — | 190 | #556 |
| 1965 | — | — | 198 | #546 |
| 1964 | — | — | 199 | #559 |
| 1963 | — | — | 233 | #523 |
| 1962 | — | — | 232 | #521 |
| 1961 | — | — | 237 | #518 |
| 1960 | — | — | 249 | #503 |
| 1959 | — | — | 266 | #478 |
| 1958 | — | — | 258 | #488 |
| 1957 | — | — | 301 | #443 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,877 | 268 | #462 |
| 1955 | — | — | 283 | #438 |
| 1954 | — | — | 255 | #452 |
| 1953 | — | — | 294 | #407 |
| 1952 | — | — | 297 | #401 |
| 1951 | — | — | 306 | #386 |
| 1950 | — | — | 305 | #385 |
| 1949 | — | — | 316 | #378 |
| 1948 | — | — | 292 | #397 |
| 1947 | — | — | 322 | #383 |
| 1946 | — | — | 321 | #364 |
| 1945 | — | — | 293 | #349 |
| 1944 | — | — | 350 | #322 |
| 1943 | — | — | 395 | #313 |
| 1942 | — | — | 341 | #329 |
| 1941 | — | — | 308 | #330 |
| 1940 | — | — | 325 | #313 |
| 1939 | — | — | 369 | #288 |
| 1938 | — | — | 404 | #276 |
| 1937 | — | — | 397 | #274 |
| 1936 | — | — | 420 | #264 |
| 1935 | — | — | 409 | #271 |
| 1934 | — | — | 423 | #264 |
| 1933 | — | — | 432 | #251 |
| 1932 | — | — | 521 | #230 |
| 1931 | — | — | 514 | #230 |
| 1930 | — | — | 601 | #216 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,553 | 612 | #209 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,157 | 636 | #211 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,588 | 742 | #194 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,263 | 641 | #215 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,955 | 737 | #188 |
| 1924 | — | — | 728 | #194 |
| 1923 | — | — | 779 | #179 |
| 1922 | 8 | #4,004 | 720 | #191 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,392 | 737 | #189 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,591 | 802 | #176 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,805 | 695 | #184 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,568 | 731 | #179 |
| 1917 | — | — | 772 | #164 |
| 1916 | — | — | 723 | #168 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,682 | 626 | #181 |
| 1914 | — | — | 463 | #187 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,694 | 384 | #180 |
| 1912 | — | — | 317 | #185 |
| 1911 | — | — | 168 | #183 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,776 | 97 | #243 |
| 1909 | — | — | 91 | #230 |
| 1908 | — | — | 98 | #208 |
| 1907 | — | — | 93 | #208 |
| 1906 | — | — | 75 | #227 |
| 1905 | — | — | 75 | #222 |
| 1904 | — | — | 80 | #206 |
| 1903 | — | — | 64 | #229 |
| 1902 | — | — | 63 | #228 |
| 1901 | — | — | 47 | #253 |
| 1900 | — | — | 81 | #223 |
| 1899 | — | — | 52 | #233 |
| 1898 | — | — | 76 | #198 |
| 1897 | — | — | 46 | #261 |
| 1896 | — | — | 71 | #214 |
| 1895 | — | — | 41 | #278 |
| 1894 | — | — | 44 | #267 |
| 1893 | — | — | 50 | #252 |
| 1892 | — | — | 45 | #269 |
| 1891 | — | — | 40 | #256 |
| 1890 | — | — | 45 | #255 |
| 1889 | — | — | 37 | #280 |
| 1888 | — | — | 36 | #301 |
| 1887 | — | — | 31 | #305 |
| 1886 | — | — | 27 | #331 |
| 1885 | — | — | 37 | #276 |
| 1884 | — | — | 33 | #305 |
| 1883 | — | — | 42 | #258 |
| 1882 | — | — | 22 | #388 |
| 1881 | — | — | 22 | #359 |
| 1880 | — | — | 21 | #380 |
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).