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Wilbur Name Popularity

How popular is the name Wilbur? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 268 0.0761%
1911 — 344 0.0924%
1912 — 795 0.1576%
1913 — 1,023 0.1804%
1914 — 1,230 0.1765%
1915 — 1,676 0.1845%
1916 — 1,667 0.1726%
1917 — 1,727 0.1726%
1918 — 1,791 0.1669%
1919 — 1,668 0.1593%
1920 — 1,715 0.1542%
1921 — 1,736 0.1516%
1922 — 1,704 0.153%
1923 — 1,657 0.1479%
1924 — 1,655 0.1425%
1925 — 1,583 0.1401%
1926 — 1,496 0.136%
1927 — 1,348 0.1218%
1928 — 1,375 0.1285%
1929 — 1,278 0.1234%
1930 — 1,192 0.1141%
1931 — 1,055 0.1069%
1932 — 998 0.101%
1933 — 863 0.0926%
1934 — 897 0.0928%
1935 — 838 0.0862%
1936 — 761 0.079%
1937 — 698 0.0708%
1938 — 815 0.0796%
1939 — 667 0.0656%
1940 — 677 0.0637%
1941 — 631 0.0561%
1942 — 668 0.0529%
1943 — 632 0.0484%
1944 — 557 0.0449%
1945 — 478 0.0392%
1946 — 482 0.0327%
1947 — 559 0.0335%
1948 — 505 0.0316%
1949 — 450 0.028%
1950 — 457 0.0284%
1951 — 395 0.0233%
1952 — 370 0.0212%
1953 — 408 0.0231%
1954 — 386 0.0211%
1955 — 395 0.0215%
1956 — 362 0.0192%
1957 — 339 0.0176%
1958 — 306 0.0162%
1959 — 316 0.0166%
1960 — 313 0.0165%
1961 — 267 0.0141%
1962 — 271 0.0148%
1963 — 226 0.0126%
1964 — 231 0.0131%
1965 — 222 0.0136%
1966 — 194 0.0124%
1967 — 126 0.0083%
1968 — 136 0.0091%
1969 — 166 0.0108%
1970 — 100 0.0063%
1971 — 154 0.0102%
1972 — 98 0.0072%
1973 — 77 0.0059%
1974 — 62 0.0048%
1975 — 76 0.0059%
1976 — 51 0.004%
1977 — 59 0.0044%
1978 — 62 0.0046%
1979 — 61 0.0043%
1980 — 40 0.0027%
1981 — 56 0.0038%
1982 — 47 0.0031%
1983 — 19 0.0013%
1984 — 31 0.0021%
1985 — 32 0.0021%
1986 — 19 0.0013%
1987 — 21 0.0014%
1988 — 20 0.0013%
1989 — 17 0.0011%
1990 — 10 0.0006%
1991 — 19 0.0012%
1992 — 11 0.0007%
1993 — 5 0.0003%
1994 — 5 0.0003%
1995 — 5 0.0003%
1996 — 0 0%
1997 — 7 0.0005%
1998 — 0 0%
1999 — 11 0.0007%
2000 — 5 0.0003%
2001 — 5 0.0003%
2002 — 0 0%
2003 — 0 0%
2004 — 0 0%
2005 — 0 0%
2006 — 0 0%
2007 — 5 0.0003%
2008 — 0 0%
2009 — 7 0.0005%
2010 — 0 0%
2011 — 0 0%
2012 — 0 0%
2013 — 0 0%
2014 — 0 0%
2015 — 0 0%
2016 — 5 0.0003%
2017 — 0 0%
2018 — 0 0%
2019 — 0 0%
2020 — 0 0%
2021 — 0 0%
2022 — 5 0.0004%
2023 — 0 0%

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wilber

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Willbur

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wilburn

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Wilburt

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wilbert

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German

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