Wilbur Boy Name
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The name Wilbur is of German origin, and means brilliant.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wilbur 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.
| Use of the Name Wilbur for Boys During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 55,240 | 6,059 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Used as a Boy Name | Used as a Girl Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 162 | 82 | ||
| 1881 | 154 | 81 | ||
| 1882 | 169 | 81 | ||
| 1883 | 171 | 73 | ||
| 1884 | 173 | 82 | ||
| 1885 | 148 | 92 | ||
| 1886 | 128 | 107 | ||
| 1887 | 119 | 112 | ||
| 1888 | 147 | 103 | ||
| 1889 | 143 | 102 | ||
| 1890 | 150 | 94 | ||
| 1891 | 140 | 97 | ||
| 1892 | 141 | 116 | ||
| 1893 | 144 | 104 | ||
| 1894 | 149 | 104 | ||
| 1895 | 133 | 125 | ||
| 1896 | 139 | 120 | ||
| 1897 | 145 | 111 | ||
| 1898 | 118 | 156 | ||
| 1899 | 140 | 115 | ||
| 1900 | 140 | 161 | ||
| 1901 | 130 | 130 | ||
| 1902 | 120 | 163 | ||
| 1903 | 121 | 165 | ||
| 1904 | 120 | 177 | ||
| 1905 | 132 | 167 | ||
| 1906 | 123 | 175 | ||
| 1907 | 114 | 209 | ||
| 1908 | 110 | 233 | ||
| 1909 | 106 | 258 | ||
| 1910 | 104 | 296 | ||
| 1911 | 101 | 387 | ||
| 1912 | 92 | 829 | ||
| 1913 | 91 | 1,045 | ||
| 1914 | 96 | 1,246 | ||
| 1915 | 92 | 1,685 | ||
| 1916 | 94 | 1,682 | ||
| 1917 | 93 | 1,747 | ||
| 1918 | 97 | 1,804 | ||
| 1919 | 98 | 1,688 | ||
| 1920 | 98 | 1,740 | ||
| 1921 | 101 | 1,752 | ||
| 1922 | 102 | 1,713 | ||
| 1923 | 106 | 1,669 | ||
| 1924 | 106 | 1,667 | ||
| 1925 | 110 | 1,592 | ||
| 1926 | 122 | 1,513 | ||
| 1927 | 130 | 1,361 | ||
| 1928 | 126 | 1,404 | ||
| 1929 | 133 | 1,283 | ||
| 1930 | 141 | 1,211 | ||
| 1931 | 149 | 1,091 | ||
| 1932 | 152 | 1,009 | ||
| 1933 | 159 | 899 | ||
| 1934 | 162 | 915 | ||
| 1935 | 165 | 860 | ||
| 1936 | 173 | 780 | ||
| 1937 | 182 | 727 | ||
| 1938 | 173 | 839 | ||
| 1939 | 190 | 704 | ||
| 1940 | 193 | 705 | ||
| 1941 | 204 | 667 | ||
| 1942 | 214 | 689 | ||
| 1943 | 217 | 667 | ||
| 1944 | 232 | 580 | ||
| 1945 | 258 | 506 | ||
| 1946 | 280 | 522 | ||
| 1947 | 283 | 594 | ||
| 1948 | 297 | 534 | ||
| 1949 | 309 | 486 | ||
| 1950 | 305 | 494 | ||
| 1951 | 329 | 433 | ||
| 1952 | 343 | 411 | ||
| 1953 | 336 | 436 | ||
| 1954 | 347 | 424 | ||
| 1955 | 346 | 439 | ||
| 1956 | 375 | 396 | ||
| 1957 | 395 | 385 | ||
| 1958 | 417 | 353 | ||
| 1959 | 426 | 349 | ||
| 1960 | 425 | 356 | ||
| 1961 | 461 | 307 | ||
| 1962 | 452 | 310 | ||
| 1963 | 490 | 266 | ||
| 1964 | 476 | 278 | ||
| 1965 | 485 | 254 | ||
| 1966 | 494 | 236 | ||
| 1967 | 564 | 176 | ||
| 1968 | 566 | 181 | ||
| 1969 | 544 | 208 | ||
| 1970 | 676 | 148 | ||
| 1971 | 597 | 192 | ||
| 1972 | 702 | 132 | ||
| 1973 | 718 | 127 | ||
| 1974 | 733 | 123 | ||
| 1975 | 751 | 123 | ||
| 1976 | 816 | 105 | ||
| 1977 | 832 | 105 | ||
| 1978 | 806 | 112 | ||
| 1979 | 850 | 104 | ||
| 1980 | 915 | 95 | ||
| 1981 | 878 | 103 | ||
| 1982 | 915 | 96 | ||
| Totals: | 55,240 | 0 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Wilbur 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 slightly lower than actual counts because the name Wilbur appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 103 times during the last 125 years.
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