Vilas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Vilas

The Social Security Administration has registered 493 babies named Vilas between 1913 and 1983, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vilas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vilas performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Vilas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 212 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vilas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vilas in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 493 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.