Boys' name · since 1914
Wilbon
Wilbon has 93 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1930 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 93
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wilbon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 93 have been recorded since 1914.
Wilbon has 93 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1960.
- #17,923 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 93 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wilbon ranks #17,923 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 93
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wilbon's 93 recorded births place it above 60.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wilbon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wilbon's full recorded timeline at 1928, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1930 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wilbon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1960
- Peak year (1930)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Wilbon by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (32 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Wilbon's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Wilbon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
32 births
- 1930s
1930s
14 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 32 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Wilbon's decade-level peak was the 1920s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wilbon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1930)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1960 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wilbon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.