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.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Wilbur
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
The table below indicates the number of times the name Wilbur has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Wilbur last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1982, 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 Wilbur
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.