Wilba — girls' name
165 babies named Wilba in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1913. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Wilba was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Wilba in 1913 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wilba
The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Wilba between 1913 and 1941, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilba performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wilba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wilba 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 165 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.
Wilba at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wilba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1913
- Peak year (1913)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
165 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1913 with 18 births in a single year.
Wilba by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 64 births that decade — 39% of Wilba's all-time total
Wilba decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Wilba's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1941 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.