Wilber
Wilber was given to 27 boys in 2025, #4,038 among boys’ names; 6,902 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,470 Americans named Wilber and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (36% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 18 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wilber by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Wilber mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Wilber is “a male given name”
/wilˈbeɾ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Wilber?
#4,038 among boys’ names, 2025
Wilber fell from #2,962 in 2015 to #4,038 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 20.9 to 15.8 per million.
162 babies in 1919, the peak
Wilber peaked in 1919, when 162 boys were given it, #468 among boys’ names. The 27 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,038 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,312 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,557 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,209 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,998 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,977 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,101 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,889 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,764 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,288 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | #2,962 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,926 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,890 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,054 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,848 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 53 | #2,398 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,942 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,057 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,335 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 81 | #1,736 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,259 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,019 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,930 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 47 | #2,244 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,211 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,251 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,136 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,547 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,743 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,433 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,095 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,495 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,901 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,167 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,043 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,042 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,351 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,591 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,935 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,882 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 8 | #5,124 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,820 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,890 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,223 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,596 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 15 | #3,092 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,393 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #5,040 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #4,159 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,504 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,897 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,830 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 12 | #3,008 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 21 | #2,019 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,121 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,511 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,970 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,831 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,604 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,459 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,079 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,897 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #2,041 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,623 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,873 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,205 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,383 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,481 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,433 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,477 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,368 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,240 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,187 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,092 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,293 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,338 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,203 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,061 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 64 | #876 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,092 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 51 | #897 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 65 | #823 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 74 | #747 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 72 | #732 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 87 | #645 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 74 | #694 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 88 | #639 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 70 | #728 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 101 | #576 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 105 | #565 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 84 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 67 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 110 | #564 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 113 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 146 | #493 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 106 | #586 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 123 | #551 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 142 | #511 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 139 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 147 | #503 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 160 | #490 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 158 | #488 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 159 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1921 | 146 | #514 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 151 | #492 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 162 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1918 | 151 | #487 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 151 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 125 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 160 | #428 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 94 | #506 | 0.14 |
| 1913 | 71 | #512 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 64 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 35 | #504 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 35 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 31 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1908 | 21 | #565 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 24 | #485 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 24 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1905 | 18 | #571 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 21 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 17 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1902 | 20 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 13 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 31 | #412 | 0.21 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,045 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 21 | #451 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 12 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 20 | #460 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 21 | #435 | 0.18 |
| 1894 | 15 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 15 | #507 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 18 | #479 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 11 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 16 | #487 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 14 | #523 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 11 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 22 | #355 | 0.22 |
| 1886 | 14 | #511 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 22 | #387 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 23 | #374 | 0.20 |
| 1883 | 17 | #447 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 29 | #322 | 0.26 |
| 1881 | 14 | #484 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 23 | #362 | 0.21 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wilber a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wilber has been given almost only to boys: 11 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Wilber: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wilber, and how old are they?
2,470 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 36% of the 6,902 Americans ever recorded as Wilber. The median Wilber alive today is 30 years old; half are between 18 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 5,360 people named Wilber (34 women and girls, 5,326 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,638 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Wilber rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 252 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 396 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 383 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 786 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 439 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Wilber born?
The states with the most babies named Wilber are California, Texas and South Carolina, with 32% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 393 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 303 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| South Carolina | 214 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Georgia | 193 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 182 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 172 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 164 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 145 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 144 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 117 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Wilber is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Wilber is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Wilber with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 64,098 babies since 1880, Wilber is the second most given (11% of them). In 2025 it was given to 27 of their 54 babies (50%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wilber
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Wilber and names like it
- Compare Wilber and WilburBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sWilber peaked in 1919.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wilber since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Wilber: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Wilber.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Wilber alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with WMost given first.