Wilbert
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIL-burt
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Wilbert is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright will”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Wilbert mean?
Germanic: Germanic wil 'will' + berht 'bright'
“bright will”
The Rev. Wilbert Awdry created Thomas the Tank Engine in his Railway Series books.
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Is Wilbert a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilbert is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilbert in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Wilbert, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Wilbert in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
How popular is Wilbert in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Wilbert, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 902 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilbert in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilbert in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,885 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 72 | #1,644 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 67 | #1,695 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,415 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,302 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,328 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,211 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,115 |
| 1991 | 104 | #1,057 |
| 1990 | 120 | #944 |
| 1989 | 99 | #1,033 |
| 1988 | 104 | #942 |
| 1987 | 112 | #883 |
| 1986 | 116 | #840 |
| 1985 | 114 | #839 |
| 1984 | 110 | #835 |
| 1983 | 136 | #740 |
| 1982 | 163 | #681 |
| 1981 | 145 | #717 |
| 1980 | 181 | #644 |
| 1979 | 158 | #678 |
| 1978 | 147 | #691 |
| 1977 | 181 | #623 |
| 1976 | 150 | #671 |
| 1975 | 160 | #645 |
| 1974 | 198 | #570 |
| 1973 | 177 | #592 |
| 1972 | 183 | #589 |
| 1971 | 198 | #582 |
| 1970 | 259 | #502 |
| 1969 | 272 | #464 |
| 1968 | 256 | #473 |
| 1967 | 235 | #488 |
| 1966 | 291 | #451 |
| 1965 | 269 | #475 |
| 1964 | 326 | #444 |
| 1963 | 346 | #430 |
| 1962 | 345 | #430 |
| 1961 | 369 | #413 |
| 1960 | 465 | #366 |
| 1959 | 458 | #366 |
| 1958 | 422 | #378 |
| 1957 | 495 | #340 |
| 1956 | 510 | #328 |
| 1955 | 510 | #326 |
| 1954 | 509 | #317 |
| 1953 | 534 | #309 |
| 1952 | 591 | #287 |
| 1951 | 540 | #297 |
| 1950 | 578 | #274 |
| 1949 | 621 | #261 |
| 1948 | 558 | #285 |
| 1947 | 602 | #277 |
| 1946 | 577 | #262 |
| 1945 | 537 | #250 |
| 1944 | 522 | #257 |
| 1943 | 609 | #240 |
| 1942 | 640 | #225 |
| 1941 | 577 | #222 |
| 1940 | 566 | #221 |
| 1939 | 565 | #215 |
| 1938 | 645 | #198 |
| 1937 | 554 | #214 |
| 1936 | 586 | #206 |
| 1935 | 542 | #222 |
| 1934 | 596 | #208 |
| 1933 | 627 | #192 |
| 1932 | 654 | #195 |
| 1931 | 675 | #193 |
| 1930 | 720 | #192 |
| 1929 | 684 | #199 |
| 1928 | 741 | #192 |
| 1927 | 778 | #185 |
| 1926 | 778 | #183 |
| 1925 | 804 | #179 |
| 1924 | 813 | #177 |
| 1923 | 847 | #169 |
| 1922 | 902 | #167 |
| 1921 | 899 | #163 |
| 1920 | 867 | #160 |
| 1919 | 809 | #168 |
| 1918 | 790 | #171 |
| 1917 | 755 | #169 |
| 1916 | 716 | #171 |
| 1915 | 651 | #175 |
| 1914 | 545 | #162 |
| 1913 | 405 | #170 |
| 1912 | 291 | #198 |
| 1911 | 167 | #184 |
| 1910 | 146 | #186 |
| 1909 | 98 | #217 |
| 1908 | 101 | #200 |
| 1907 | 83 | #222 |
| 1906 | 85 | #205 |
| 1905 | 71 | #232 |
| 1904 | 60 | #242 |
| 1903 | 59 | #234 |
| 1902 | 50 | #261 |
| 1901 | 52 | #237 |
| 1900 | 63 | #256 |
| 1899 | 37 | #286 |
| 1898 | 46 | #263 |
| 1897 | 40 | #285 |
| 1896 | 40 | #290 |
| 1895 | 35 | #305 |
| 1894 | 30 | #322 |
| 1893 | 32 | #307 |
| 1892 | 43 | #274 |
| 1891 | 28 | #318 |
| 1890 | 28 | #328 |
| 1889 | 25 | #351 |
| 1888 | 29 | #343 |
| 1887 | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | 26 | #344 |
| 1883 | 38 | #263 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 29 | #296 |
| 1880 | 29 | #314 |
Nicknames for Wilbert
Names like Wilbert
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albert Rupert Frederick Otis Freddie Wilfred Archie Robert Louie William Arthur Ernest
Names related to Wilbert
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wilbert: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilbert, updated 20 October 2026.