Wilber
Boy · WIL-ber · English
Wilber is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Wilber mean?
English: spelling of Wilbur, an English surname of uncertain origin
A spelling of Wilbur; Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville made the first powered aeroplane flights in 1903.
- Say it
- WIL-ber
Is Wilber a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilber is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilber in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Wilber, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 162 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilber in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Wilber or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
- Wilber 27
- Wilbur 27
Wilber in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 53 | #2,374 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 81 | #1,724 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 47 | #2,220 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,410 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,226 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,169 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,278 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1947 | 64 | #869 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,005 |
| 1944 | 51 | #888 |
| 1943 | 65 | #817 |
| 1942 | 74 | #745 |
| 1941 | 72 | #729 |
| 1940 | 87 | #643 |
| 1939 | 74 | #691 |
| 1938 | 88 | #638 |
| 1937 | 70 | #722 |
| 1936 | 101 | #573 |
| 1935 | 105 | #563 |
| 1934 | 84 | #657 |
| 1933 | 67 | #745 |
| 1932 | 110 | #564 |
| 1931 | 113 | #550 |
| 1930 | 146 | #490 |
| 1929 | 106 | #580 |
| 1928 | 123 | #547 |
| 1927 | 142 | #508 |
| 1926 | 139 | #512 |
| 1925 | 147 | #502 |
| 1924 | 160 | #490 |
| 1923 | 158 | #485 |
| 1922 | 159 | #493 |
| 1921 | 146 | #513 |
| 1920 | 151 | #490 |
| 1919 | 162 | #468 |
| 1918 | 151 | #485 |
| 1917 | 151 | #464 |
| 1916 | 125 | #505 |
| 1915 | 160 | #427 |
| 1914 | 94 | #505 |
| 1913 | 71 | #510 |
| 1912 | 64 | #497 |
| 1911 | 35 | #497 |
| 1910 | 35 | #461 |
| 1909 | 31 | #453 |
| 1908 | 21 | #553 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 24 | #456 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 20 | #475 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 31 | #402 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 21 | #435 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 21 | #426 |
| 1894 | 15 | #521 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 14 | #498 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 22 | #352 |
| 1886 | 14 | #491 |
| 1885 | 22 | #380 |
| 1884 | 23 | #369 |
| 1883 | 17 | #433 |
| 1882 | 29 | #317 |
| 1881 | 14 | #460 |
| 1880 | 23 | #356 |
Nicknames for Wilber
- Will 13 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Wilber
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Walter Wilson Fletcher Foster Miller Walker William Porter Arthur Warner Warren Henry
Other spellings of Wilber
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