Wilburn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wilburn

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,324 babies named Wilburn between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wilburn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 317 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilburn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,761 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Wilburn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,659 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Wilburn in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilburn 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 10,324 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.