Wilfred — #4870 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wilfred

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,388 babies named Wilfred between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wilfred currently holds the #4870 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 802 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilfred performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wilfred shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,689 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Wilfred in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilfred 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 29,388 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.