Wilkins — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wilkins

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Wilkins between 1913 and 2022, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wilkins currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilkins performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Wilkins shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wilkins in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilkins 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 286 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.