Boys' name · since 2017
Wilks
Wilks has 20 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,248 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,571 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
20 babies have been named Wilks since 2017, making it today's #9571 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wilks has been recorded 20 times among boys since 2017, currently ranked #9571 nationally and more common than 31% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #29,248 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,571 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 20 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wilks ranks #29,248 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,571 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 20 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,248 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,571 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wilks's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wilks compares
20 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Wilks's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wilks | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wilks's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wilks's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wilks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Wilks by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Wilks's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Wilks births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (70% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wilks: 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, 2017–2025 (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 Wilks 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.