The name Wilber is of German origin, and is a variation of Wilbur.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wilber has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Wilber
Use of the Name Wilber for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,406
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wilber has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Wilber last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1947, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Wilber
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
362
23
1881
484
14
1882
322
29
1883
447
17
1884
374
23
1885
387
22
1886
512
14
1887
355
22
1888
644
11
1889
523
14
1890
487
16
1891
594
11
1892
480
18
1893
507
15
1894
542
15
1895
435
21
1896
460
20
1897
650
12
1898
451
21
1899
1900
412
31
1901
594
13
1902
489
20
1903
549
17
1904
480
21
1905
571
18
1906
464
24
1907
487
24
1908
565
21
1909
460
31
1910
472
35
1911
504
35
1912
500
63
1913
512
71
1914
508
93
1915
428
160
1916
505
125
1917
464
152
1918
489
149
1919
468
162
1920
488
154
1921
518
144
1922
496
158
1923
488
158
1924
489
161
1925
504
147
1926
514
139
1927
512
142
1928
551
122
1929
582
106
1930
496
145
1931
553
112
1932
559
112
1933
754
66
1934
665
84
1935
571
104
1936
574
101
1937
726
70
1938
639
88
1939
692
75
1940
647
87
1941
717
75
1942
761
71
1943
824
65
1944
890
52
1945
1946
1947
867
65
Totals:
4,406
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Wilber as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Wilber appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 65 times during the last 125 years.