Wilkens — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wilkens

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Wilkens between 1992 and 2009, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wilkens currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilkens performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wilkens shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wilkens in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilkens 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 30 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.