Unisex name · since 1914
Wilkie
Wilkie has 340 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1940 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 340
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Wilkie is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 340 have been recorded since 1914.
Wilkie has 340 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 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1978.
- #9,916 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 340 born since 1914
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wilkie ranks #9,916 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 340 born since 1914, peaking in the 1940s.
- #9,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 340
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Wilkie's 340 recorded births place it above 78.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
Wilkie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wilkie splits its recorded history at 1942: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1940 peak of 61 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wilkie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1978
- Peak year (1940)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Wilkie popularity over time - girls
18 total births recorded since 1919 (Wilkie as girls' name)
Wilkie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (143 births, 42% of the file).
1940s was Wilkie's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Wilkie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 33
1910s
33 births
- 1920s 50
1920s
50 births
- 1930s 35
1930s
35 births
- 1940s
1940s
143 births
- 1950s 39
1950s
39 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 143 births (42% of all-time use).
Wilkie by state
Where Wilkie concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 13 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 10 | 2.9% |
| #3 | West Virginia | | 8 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 6 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.5% |
13 of 340 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Wilkie's decade-level peak was the 1940s (143 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Wilkies (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wilkie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1914–1978 (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 Wilkie 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.