Wilton
Wilton was given to 15 boys in 2025, #6,115 among boys’ names; 8,694 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,180 Americans named Wilton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 36 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wilton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Wilton?
#6,115 among boys’ names, 2025
Wilton fell from #4,170 in 2015 to #6,115 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.0 to 8.8 per million.
208 babies in 1924, the peak
Wilton peaked in 1924, when 208 boys were given it, #422 among boys’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #6,115 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,640 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,238 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,200 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,925 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #7,011 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,385 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,589 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,281 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,537 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #4,170 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,980 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,791 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,379 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,416 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,718 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,312 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 19 | #5,048 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,506 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,212 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,700 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,728 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,435 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,546 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,980 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 20 | #4,055 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,659 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,189 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,153 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,739 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,183 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,679 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,869 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,402 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,913 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,951 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,266 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,091 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,446 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,771 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,495 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 44 | #1,420 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,606 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,674 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,470 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,149 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,026 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,163 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,131 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 64 | #915 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,019 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 63 | #966 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 59 | #992 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 68 | #924 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,050 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 80 | #850 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 84 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 82 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 74 | #882 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 85 | #816 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 90 | #770 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 81 | #805 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 85 | #772 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 114 | #648 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 112 | #663 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 114 | #656 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 95 | #705 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 114 | #634 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 103 | #684 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 97 | #659 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 90 | #639 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 116 | #572 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 130 | #556 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 133 | #530 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 115 | #563 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 107 | #575 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 100 | #573 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 105 | #574 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 124 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1936 | 141 | #475 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 120 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 122 | #534 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 144 | #466 | 0.15 |
| 1932 | 129 | #509 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 135 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 145 | #497 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 163 | #463 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 173 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1927 | 185 | #450 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 161 | #475 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 179 | #450 | 0.16 |
| 1924 | 208 | #422 | 0.18 |
| 1923 | 189 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1922 | 194 | #435 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 184 | #456 | 0.17 |
| 1920 | 158 | #484 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 185 | #432 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 155 | #478 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 166 | #440 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 153 | #460 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 147 | #453 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 104 | #477 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 95 | #441 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 49 | #583 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 29 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 21 | #653 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 21 | #589 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 20 | #583 | 0.13 |
| 1907 | 21 | #538 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 19 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 23 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 23 | #451 | 0.18 |
| 1903 | 18 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 10 | #791 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,055 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 12 | #783 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 8 | #854 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 7 | #997 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 8 | #850 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 8 | #897 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 9 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 8 | #853 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 9 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,252 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 11 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 7 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 9 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 6 | #915 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,103 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 8 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 8 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 8 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 10 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 5 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 7 | #808 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wilton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wilton has been given almost only to boys: 41 girls in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Wilton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wilton, and how old are they?
3,180 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 8,694 Americans ever recorded as Wilton. The median Wilton alive today is 59 years old; half are between 36 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 4,071 people named Wilton (25 women and girls, 4,046 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,664 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 411 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,070 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 631 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 482 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 369 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 220 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Wilton born?
The states with the most babies named Wilton are Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1,160 | not ranked | 6.9× |
| North Carolina | 749 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Texas | 596 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| South Carolina | 490 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Virginia | 427 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Georgia | 362 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Mississippi | 220 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Alabama | 202 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Florida | 173 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 134 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Wilton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Wilton is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 6.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Wilton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wilton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Wilton and names like it
- Compare Wilton and WilbertBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWilton peaked in 1924.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wilton since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Wilton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Wilton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.