Wilbur Boy
How popular is Wilbur?
#3,948 boy name in 2025
27 baby boys were named Wilbur in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
Wilbur popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,948 for boys (▼ 991 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,590 in 2015, #4,536 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (1,800 boys) |
| Highest rank | #91 in 1913 |
| 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 |
Wilbur 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 Wilbur is most popular
Babies named Wilbur per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Wilbur by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 914 | #118 |
| 1890s | 1,142 | #117 |
| 1900s | 1,839 | #105 |
| 1910s | 12,411 | #91 |
| 1920s | 15,713 | #98 |
| 1930s | 9,044 | #141 |
| 1940s | 5,962 | #193 |
| 1950s | 4,133 | #307 |
| 1960s | 2,572 | #426 |
| 1970s | 1,273 | #597 |
| 1980s | 782 | #875 |
| 1990s | 433 | #1,476 |
| 2000s | 259 | #2,916 |
| 2010s | 251 | #3,140 |
| 2020s | 178 | #2,957 |
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Questions
- Is Wilbur a boy or girl name?
- Wilbur is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Wilbur were boys.
- How popular is the name Wilbur?
- 27 baby boys were named Wilbur in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
- When was Wilbur most popular?
- Wilbur peaked in 1918, when 1,800 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #91 in 1913.
- How many people are named Wilbur?
- 57,196 babies have been named Wilbur in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,524 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
- Where is Wilbur most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wilbur was most common in Iowa, at 0.1 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.