Wilbert
Wilbert was given to 20 boys in 2025, #5,030 among boys’ names; 40,193 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,900 Americans named Wilbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 49 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wilbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Wilbert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Wilbert is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Wilbert?
#5,030 among boys’ names, 2025
Wilbert fell from #3,677 in 2015 to #5,030 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 15.7 to 11.7 per million.
902 babies in 1922, the peak
Wilbert peaked in 1922, when 902 boys were given it, #167 among boys’ names. The 20 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,030 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,223 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,449 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,178 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,757 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,910 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,538 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,981 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,371 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,156 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30 | #3,677 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,225 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,993 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,809 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,849 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,870 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,345 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,322 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,234 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,123 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,915 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,231 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,980 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 72 | #1,656 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,907 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 67 | #1,707 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,819 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,432 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,419 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,901 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,306 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,335 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,221 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,125 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 104 | #1,064 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 120 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 99 | #1,040 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 104 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 112 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 116 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 114 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 110 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 136 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 163 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 145 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 181 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 158 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 147 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 181 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 150 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 160 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 198 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 177 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 183 | #590 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 198 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 259 | #503 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 272 | #464 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 256 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1967 | 235 | #488 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 291 | #453 | 0.16 |
| 1965 | 269 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1964 | 326 | #444 | 0.16 |
| 1963 | 346 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1962 | 345 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1961 | 369 | #413 | 0.17 |
| 1960 | 465 | #366 | 0.22 |
| 1959 | 458 | #367 | 0.21 |
| 1958 | 422 | #379 | 0.20 |
| 1957 | 495 | #341 | 0.23 |
| 1956 | 510 | #328 | 0.24 |
| 1955 | 510 | #326 | 0.25 |
| 1954 | 509 | #317 | 0.25 |
| 1953 | 534 | #309 | 0.27 |
| 1952 | 591 | #288 | 0.30 |
| 1951 | 540 | #297 | 0.29 |
| 1950 | 578 | #274 | 0.32 |
| 1949 | 621 | #261 | 0.35 |
| 1948 | 558 | #285 | 0.32 |
| 1947 | 602 | #278 | 0.33 |
| 1946 | 577 | #262 | 0.36 |
| 1945 | 537 | #250 | 0.40 |
| 1944 | 522 | #257 | 0.38 |
| 1943 | 609 | #240 | 0.43 |
| 1942 | 640 | #225 | 0.46 |
| 1941 | 577 | #223 | 0.47 |
| 1940 | 566 | #221 | 0.49 |
| 1939 | 565 | #215 | 0.51 |
| 1938 | 645 | #198 | 0.58 |
| 1937 | 554 | #214 | 0.52 |
| 1936 | 586 | #206 | 0.56 |
| 1935 | 542 | #222 | 0.52 |
| 1934 | 596 | #208 | 0.58 |
| 1933 | 627 | #193 | 0.63 |
| 1932 | 654 | #196 | 0.63 |
| 1931 | 675 | #193 | 0.65 |
| 1930 | 720 | #192 | 0.66 |
| 1929 | 684 | #199 | 0.64 |
| 1928 | 741 | #192 | 0.67 |
| 1927 | 778 | #185 | 0.69 |
| 1926 | 778 | #184 | 0.70 |
| 1925 | 804 | #180 | 0.72 |
| 1924 | 813 | #177 | 0.72 |
| 1923 | 847 | #169 | 0.77 |
| 1922 | 902 | #167 | 0.83 |
| 1921 | 899 | #163 | 0.82 |
| 1920 | 867 | #160 | 0.81 |
| 1919 | 809 | #168 | 0.83 |
| 1918 | 790 | #171 | 0.78 |
| 1917 | 755 | #169 | 0.82 |
| 1916 | 716 | #171 | 0.80 |
| 1915 | 651 | #175 | 0.77 |
| 1914 | 545 | #162 | 0.83 |
| 1913 | 405 | #170 | 0.79 |
| 1912 | 291 | #198 | 0.68 |
| 1911 | 167 | #186 | 0.74 |
| 1910 | 146 | #186 | 0.75 |
| 1909 | 98 | #220 | 0.60 |
| 1908 | 101 | #202 | 0.65 |
| 1907 | 83 | #222 | 0.57 |
| 1906 | 85 | #211 | 0.64 |
| 1905 | 71 | #233 | 0.54 |
| 1904 | 60 | #246 | 0.47 |
| 1903 | 59 | #238 | 0.49 |
| 1902 | 50 | #266 | 0.41 |
| 1901 | 52 | #241 | 0.49 |
| 1900 | 63 | #258 | 0.42 |
| 1899 | 37 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1898 | 46 | #265 | 0.37 |
| 1897 | 40 | #287 | 0.35 |
| 1896 | 40 | #295 | 0.33 |
| 1895 | 35 | #309 | 0.30 |
| 1894 | 30 | #331 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 32 | #311 | 0.28 |
| 1892 | 43 | #278 | 0.35 |
| 1891 | 28 | #324 | 0.28 |
| 1890 | 28 | #334 | 0.25 |
| 1889 | 25 | #359 | 0.23 |
| 1888 | 29 | #348 | 0.24 |
| 1887 | 19 | #391 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 17 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 24 | #363 | 0.22 |
| 1884 | 26 | #351 | 0.23 |
| 1883 | 38 | #272 | 0.36 |
| 1882 | 20 | #414 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 29 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1880 | 29 | #319 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wilbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wilbert has been given almost only to boys: 178 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Wilbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wilbert, and how old are they?
13,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 40,193 Americans ever recorded as Wilbert. The median Wilbert alive today is 66 years old; half are between 49 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 14,768 people named Wilbert (51 women and girls, 14,717 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 16,712 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,040 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,920 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,620 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 932 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 341 |
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 Wilbert born?
The states with the most babies named Wilbert are Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 4,205 | not ranked | 5.3× |
| North Carolina | 3,368 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Texas | 2,609 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,394 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 1,840 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 1,544 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| New York | 1,380 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Alabama | 1,368 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 1,257 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 1,217 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Wilbert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Wilbert is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 5.3 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 Wilbert 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 41,301 babies since 1880, Wilbert is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 20 babies (100%), again the 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 Wilbert
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 Wilbert and names like it
- Compare Wilbert and WilburtBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWilbert peaked in 1922.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wilbert since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Wilbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Wilbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.