Wilber
Wilber is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 322nd, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1919162 births
- Best rank
- #322in 1882
- Since 1880
- 6,864people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,864 boys have been named Wilber in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 162 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wilber | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 189 | |
| 1890s | 155 | |
| 1900s | 220 | |
| 1910s | 1,048 | |
| 1920s | 1,431 | |
| 1930s | 958 | |
| 1940s | 575 | |
| 1950s | 339 | |
| 1960s | 174 | |
| 1970s | 145 | |
| 1980s | 158 | |
| 1990s | 366 | |
| 2000s | 558 | |
| 2010s | 385 | |
| 2020s | 163 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Wilber was the 468th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1919 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Wilber
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Irvinpeak 1923
- Evertpeak 1923
- Willispeak 1924
- Harmonpeak 1921
- Valentinepeak 1918
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Albertpeak 1921
- Millardpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.