Girls' name · since 1916
Wilburta
Wilburta has 88 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
88 girls have been named Wilburta since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Wilburta has 88 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1916 to 1942.
- #28,621 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wilburta ranks #28,621 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #28,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wilburta's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wilburta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wilburta's SSA record in two at 1923 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wilburta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1942
- Peak year (1916)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Wilburta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (50 births, 57% of the file).
1920s was Wilburta's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Wilburta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
50 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 50 births (57% of all-time use).
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What to do with Wilburta's data
- Wilburta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- 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 Wilburta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1916–1942 (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 Wilburta 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.