Wilbur
Boy · WIL-ber · English
Wilbur is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 601st for boys in the UK (70 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Wilbur mean?
English: from an English surname of uncertain origin
Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville made the first powered aeroplane flights in 1903; Wilbur is also the pig in Charlotte's Web.
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- WIL-ber
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Is Wilbur a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilbur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilbur in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #601among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the UK were named Wilbur, making it the 601st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 98 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilbur in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 578th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Wilbur in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #601 |
| 2024 | 70 | #605 |
| 2023 | 63 | #639 |
| 2022 | 78 | #550 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 84 | #509 |
| 2019 | 98 | #465 |
| 2018 | 64 | #627 |
| 2017 | 77 | #559 |
| 2016 | 68 | #602 |
| 2015 | 71 | #585 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 44 | #797 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,003 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Wilbur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Wilbur, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,800 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilbur in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Wilbur 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
Wilbur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,638 |
| 1991 | 59 | #1,476 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 62 | #1,387 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,186 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,232 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,173 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,019 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,032 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,040 |
| 1982 | 97 | #907 |
| 1981 | 103 | #875 |
| 1980 | 95 | #911 |
| 1979 | 104 | #851 |
| 1978 | 112 | #803 |
| 1977 | 106 | #828 |
| 1976 | 104 | #820 |
| 1975 | 122 | #754 |
| 1974 | 124 | #730 |
| 1973 | 127 | #714 |
| 1972 | 132 | #698 |
| 1971 | 193 | #597 |
| 1970 | 149 | #671 |
| 1969 | 204 | #549 |
| 1968 | 181 | #565 |
| 1967 | 176 | #567 |
| 1966 | 238 | #491 |
| 1965 | 255 | #484 |
| 1964 | 276 | #476 |
| 1963 | 269 | #487 |
| 1962 | 310 | #451 |
| 1961 | 309 | #461 |
| 1960 | 354 | #426 |
| 1959 | 354 | #423 |
| 1958 | 352 | #417 |
| 1957 | 384 | #393 |
| 1956 | 402 | #367 |
| 1955 | 435 | #345 |
| 1954 | 429 | #343 |
| 1953 | 437 | #334 |
| 1952 | 416 | #341 |
| 1951 | 436 | #328 |
| 1950 | 488 | #307 |
| 1949 | 487 | #309 |
| 1948 | 537 | #297 |
| 1947 | 595 | #283 |
| 1946 | 523 | #279 |
| 1945 | 508 | #258 |
| 1944 | 586 | #232 |
| 1943 | 667 | #218 |
| 1942 | 688 | #214 |
| 1941 | 666 | #204 |
| 1940 | 705 | #193 |
| 1939 | 702 | #190 |
| 1938 | 842 | #173 |
| 1937 | 725 | #183 |
| 1936 | 781 | #173 |
| 1935 | 861 | #165 |
| 1934 | 920 | #162 |
| 1933 | 896 | #159 |
| 1932 | 1,016 | #152 |
| 1931 | 1,087 | #149 |
| 1930 | 1,214 | #141 |
| 1929 | 1,294 | #131 |
| 1928 | 1,400 | #127 |
| 1927 | 1,361 | #130 |
| 1926 | 1,510 | #122 |
| 1925 | 1,597 | #110 |
| 1924 | 1,667 | #106 |
| 1923 | 1,672 | #105 |
| 1922 | 1,716 | #102 |
| 1921 | 1,755 | #100 |
| 1920 | 1,741 | #98 |
| 1919 | 1,689 | #98 |
| 1918 | 1,800 | #97 |
| 1917 | 1,749 | #92 |
| 1916 | 1,680 | #94 |
| 1915 | 1,685 | #92 |
| 1914 | 1,248 | #96 |
| 1913 | 1,044 | #91 |
| 1912 | 832 | #92 |
| 1911 | 386 | #101 |
| 1910 | 298 | #104 |
| 1909 | 259 | #105 |
| 1908 | 233 | #109 |
| 1907 | 209 | #114 |
| 1906 | 175 | #123 |
| 1905 | 167 | #132 |
| 1904 | 177 | #119 |
| 1903 | 165 | #121 |
| 1902 | 163 | #119 |
| 1901 | 130 | #130 |
| 1900 | 161 | #137 |
| 1899 | 115 | #140 |
| 1898 | 156 | #117 |
| 1897 | 111 | #144 |
| 1896 | 120 | #138 |
| 1895 | 125 | #132 |
| 1894 | 104 | #147 |
| 1893 | 104 | #144 |
| 1892 | 116 | #140 |
| 1891 | 97 | #138 |
| 1890 | 94 | #150 |
| 1889 | 102 | #141 |
| 1888 | 103 | #147 |
| 1887 | 112 | #118 |
| 1886 | 106 | #128 |
| 1885 | 92 | #146 |
| 1884 | 82 | #171 |
| 1883 | 73 | #168 |
| 1882 | 81 | #166 |
| 1881 | 81 | #152 |
| 1880 | 82 | #162 |
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