Wilber Boy
How popular is Wilber?
#3,948 boy name in 2025
27 baby boys were named Wilber in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
Wilber popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,948 for boys (▲ 249 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,918 in 2015, #2,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1919 (162 boys) |
| Highest rank | #317 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Wilber counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Wilber family of names ranked #2,034 for boys in 2025 (#1,809 the year before), with 54 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wilber | 27 | 50% |
| Wilbur | 27 | 50% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Wilber is most popular
Babies named Wilber per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Wilber by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 189 | #317 |
| 1890s | 155 | #426 |
| 1900s | 220 | #402 |
| 1910s | 1,048 | #427 |
| 1920s | 1,431 | #485 |
| 1930s | 958 | #490 |
| 1940s | 575 | #643 |
| 1950s | 339 | #1,080 |
| 1960s | 174 | #1,587 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,790 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,286 |
| 1990s | 366 | #1,870 |
| 2000s | 558 | #1,724 |
| 2010s | 385 | #2,374 |
| 2020s | 190 | #2,924 |
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Questions
- Is Wilber a boy or girl name?
- Wilber is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Wilber were boys.
- How popular is the name Wilber?
- 27 baby boys were named Wilber in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
- When was Wilber most popular?
- Wilber peaked in 1919, when 162 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #317 in 1882.
- How many people are named Wilber?
- 6,902 babies have been named Wilber in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,581 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Wilber most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wilber was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.