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Wilson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 405 in 2025. Its best rank was #122 in 1918.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #122 in 1918; #673 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wilson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#673 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1918, at #122.
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Wilson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 405 boys in 2025. Peak: #122 in 1918 · most boys in one year: 1,381 (1918).
In 2025, 405 US boys were named Wilson, making it the 673rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 28 places from #645 in 2024. That is 27 fewer than the 432 boys named Wilson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #122, reached in 1918. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,381. For comparison, it was #621 in 2015 and #359 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wilson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 72 babies with the name. In all, 49,017 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 6,859 babies named Wilson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,093 US boys were named Wilson; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 439. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,217 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wilson ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #369 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Willson are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Will, Willie and Willy.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Willson (368).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 9 | #369 | — |
| Arkansas | 8 | #442 | — |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #466 | #470 |
| Tennessee | 17 | #475 | #589 |
| Alabama | 11 | #481 | #445 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #484 | #429 |
| Missouri | 13 | #488 | #815 |
| Idaho | 5 | #488 | — |
| Virginia | 16 | #494 | #463 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #499 | #397 |
| Maryland | 10 | #512 | #705 |
| Georgia | 20 | #539 | #570 |
| North Carolina | 18 | #568 | #560 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #617 | #505 |
| Indiana | 11 | #620 | #1,013 |
| Colorado | 9 | #622 | #781 |
| Ohio | 15 | #648 | #560 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #650 | #843 |
| California | 42 | #665 | #648 |
| Kansas | 5 | #688 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #701 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #713 | #714 |
| Arizona | 9 | #717 | #875 |
| Washington | 9 | #733 | #395 |
| New York | 18 | #796 | #439 |
| Texas | 32 | #841 | #716 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #1,000 | #552 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,122 | #697 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,250 | #972 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,272 | #1,179 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 405 | #673 |
| 2024 | — | — | 432 | #645 |
| 2023 | — | — | 404 | #675 |
| 2022 | — | — | 387 | #689 |
| 2021 | 6 | #15,139 | 370 | #710 |
| 2020 | 5 | #17,388 | 402 | #656 |
| 2019 | — | — | 417 | #645 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,582 | 433 | #619 |
| 2017 | 5 | #18,308 | 404 | #642 |
| 2016 | — | — | 439 | #615 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,973 | 433 | #621 |
| 2014 | 5 | #19,074 | 461 | #597 |
| 2013 | 6 | #16,426 | 391 | #631 |
| 2012 | — | — | 422 | #600 |
| 2011 | — | — | 409 | #603 |
| 2010 | — | — | 429 | #585 |
| 2009 | — | — | 488 | #541 |
| 2008 | — | — | 492 | #539 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,428 | 473 | #543 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,928 | 507 | #512 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,367 | 516 | #484 |
| 2004 | — | — | 547 | #465 |
| 2003 | — | — | 468 | #515 |
| 2002 | — | — | 509 | #469 |
| 2001 | 10 | #10,076 | 463 | #497 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,550 | 421 | #526 |
| 1999 | — | — | 405 | #524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #14,056 | 400 | #522 |
| 1997 | — | — | 380 | #527 |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,809 | 380 | #526 |
| 1995 | 6 | #13,346 | 410 | #504 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,693 | 369 | #534 |
| 1993 | — | — | 434 | #485 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,448 | 513 | #431 |
| 1991 | 7 | #11,484 | 436 | #473 |
| 1990 | 9 | #9,229 | 417 | #480 |
| 1989 | — | — | 323 | #540 |
| 1988 | — | — | 353 | #491 |
| 1987 | — | — | 294 | #525 |
| 1986 | — | — | 287 | #524 |
| 1985 | 5 | #12,460 | 276 | #526 |
| 1984 | — | — | 269 | #523 |
| 1983 | 5 | #12,031 | 248 | #529 |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,286 | 269 | #519 |
| 1981 | 7 | #9,091 | 259 | #525 |
| 1980 | — | — | 284 | #502 |
| 1979 | — | — | 242 | #551 |
| 1978 | — | — | 225 | #558 |
| 1977 | — | — | 213 | #575 |
| 1976 | — | — | 217 | #548 |
| 1975 | — | — | 217 | #548 |
| 1974 | — | — | 206 | #560 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,782 | 202 | #559 |
| 1972 | — | — | 228 | #525 |
| 1971 | — | — | 270 | #489 |
| 1970 | 5 | #9,336 | 288 | #475 |
| 1969 | — | — | 240 | #501 |
| 1968 | — | — | 227 | #501 |
| 1967 | — | — | 254 | #474 |
| 1966 | — | — | 302 | #440 |
| 1965 | — | — | 250 | #489 |
| 1964 | — | — | 263 | #487 |
| 1963 | — | — | 282 | #473 |
| 1962 | — | — | 289 | #469 |
| 1961 | — | — | 272 | #484 |
| 1960 | — | — | 281 | #475 |
| 1959 | — | — | 313 | #453 |
| 1958 | — | — | 318 | #438 |
| 1957 | — | — | 355 | #413 |
| 1956 | — | — | 305 | #435 |
| 1955 | — | — | 337 | #396 |
| 1954 | — | — | 333 | #393 |
| 1953 | — | — | 359 | #362 |
| 1952 | — | — | 356 | #359 |
| 1951 | — | — | 355 | #365 |
| 1950 | — | — | 352 | #359 |
| 1949 | — | — | 377 | #346 |
| 1948 | — | — | 437 | #318 |
| 1947 | — | — | 439 | #326 |
| 1946 | — | — | 429 | #313 |
| 1945 | — | — | 398 | #300 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,233 | 455 | #280 |
| 1943 | — | — | 461 | #285 |
| 1942 | — | — | 466 | #280 |
| 1941 | — | — | 450 | #267 |
| 1940 | — | — | 447 | #265 |
| 1939 | — | — | 401 | #274 |
| 1938 | — | — | 390 | #280 |
| 1937 | — | — | 352 | #289 |
| 1936 | — | — | 392 | #274 |
| 1935 | — | — | 341 | #296 |
| 1934 | — | — | 352 | #289 |
| 1933 | — | — | 349 | #282 |
| 1932 | — | — | 350 | #294 |
| 1931 | — | — | 339 | #303 |
| 1930 | — | — | 430 | #273 |
| 1929 | — | — | 400 | #277 |
| 1928 | — | — | 434 | #273 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,866 | 460 | #266 |
| 1926 | — | — | 464 | #263 |
| 1925 | — | — | 445 | #272 |
| 1924 | — | — | 543 | #247 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,963 | 532 | #244 |
| 1922 | 6 | #5,000 | 560 | #236 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,851 | 601 | #221 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,392 | 583 | #221 |
| 1919 | — | — | 853 | #155 |
| 1918 | — | — | 1,381 | #122 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,583 | 921 | #144 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,912 | 912 | #141 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,949 | 767 | #154 |
| 1914 | — | — | 605 | #153 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,177 | 659 | #122 |
| 1912 | — | — | 496 | #131 |
| 1911 | — | — | 129 | #222 |
| 1910 | — | — | 112 | #223 |
| 1909 | — | — | 106 | #204 |
| 1908 | — | — | 79 | #237 |
| 1907 | — | — | 83 | #223 |
| 1906 | — | — | 68 | #236 |
| 1905 | — | — | 73 | #227 |
| 1904 | — | — | 78 | #208 |
| 1903 | — | — | 63 | #231 |
| 1902 | — | — | 69 | #216 |
| 1901 | — | — | 51 | #243 |
| 1900 | — | — | 89 | #208 |
| 1899 | — | — | 59 | #223 |
| 1898 | — | — | 60 | #229 |
| 1897 | — | — | 44 | #271 |
| 1896 | — | — | 73 | #208 |
| 1895 | — | — | 71 | #205 |
| 1894 | — | — | 43 | #270 |
| 1893 | — | — | 66 | #211 |
| 1892 | — | — | 56 | #238 |
| 1891 | — | — | 58 | #208 |
| 1890 | — | — | 67 | #200 |
| 1889 | — | — | 44 | #249 |
| 1888 | — | — | 62 | #225 |
| 1887 | — | — | 52 | #220 |
| 1886 | — | — | 71 | #191 |
| 1885 | — | — | 59 | #208 |
| 1884 | — | — | 78 | #180 |
| 1883 | — | — | 67 | #181 |
| 1882 | — | — | 82 | #165 |
| 1881 | — | — | 73 | #167 |
| 1880 | — | — | 72 | #179 |
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).