Wilson
Boy · WIL-son · English
Wilson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Will”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 672nd for boys in the US (405 babies).
What does Wilson mean?
English: patronymic surname
“son of Will”
A surname meaning son of Will; Prime Minister Harold Wilson and US President Woodrow Wilson both bore it.
- Say it
- WIL-son
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wilson a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 405 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Wilson, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 73 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Wilson than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Wilson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Wilson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 44 | #788 |
| 2018 | 49 | #764 |
| 2017 | 73 | #578 |
| 2016 | 64 | #629 |
| 2015 | 55 | #688 |
| 2014 | 54 | #683 |
| 2013 | 52 | #708 |
| 2012 | 46 | #779 |
| 2011 | 56 | #670 |
| 2010 | 48 | #717 |
| 2009 | 51 | #686 |
| 2008 | 40 | #795 |
| 2007 | 34 | #858 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 23 | #818 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Wilson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #672among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 405about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 405 boys in the US were named Wilson, making it the 672nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 655th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,381 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilson in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 413 boys in the US were given Wilson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #631, up from #672 for this spelling alone.
- Wilson 405
- Willson 8
Wilson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 405 | #672 |
| 2024 | 432 | #644 |
| 2023 | 404 | #672 |
| 2022 | 387 | #689 |
| 2021 | 370 | #709 |
| 2020 | 402 | #655 |
| 2019 | 417 | #644 |
| 2018 | 433 | #618 |
| 2017 | 404 | #638 |
| 2016 | 439 | #612 |
| 2015 | 433 | #620 |
| 2014 | 461 | #596 |
| 2013 | 391 | #630 |
| 2012 | 422 | #599 |
| 2011 | 409 | #601 |
| 2010 | 429 | #584 |
| 2009 | 488 | #540 |
| 2008 | 492 | #538 |
| 2007 | 473 | #541 |
| 2006 | 507 | #511 |
| 2005 | 516 | #483 |
| 2004 | 547 | #465 |
| 2003 | 468 | #514 |
| 2002 | 509 | #469 |
| 2001 | 463 | #496 |
| 2000 | 421 | #526 |
| 1999 | 405 | #524 |
| 1998 | 400 | #521 |
| 1997 | 380 | #526 |
| 1996 | 380 | #524 |
| 1995 | 410 | #504 |
| 1994 | 369 | #532 |
| 1993 | 434 | #484 |
| 1992 | 513 | #431 |
| 1991 | 436 | #473 |
| 1990 | 417 | #479 |
| 1989 | 323 | #538 |
| 1988 | 353 | #490 |
| 1987 | 294 | #521 |
| 1986 | 287 | #524 |
| 1985 | 276 | #525 |
| 1984 | 269 | #520 |
| 1983 | 248 | #529 |
| 1982 | 269 | #519 |
| 1981 | 259 | #524 |
| 1980 | 284 | #501 |
| 1979 | 242 | #550 |
| 1978 | 225 | #557 |
| 1977 | 213 | #574 |
| 1976 | 217 | #546 |
| 1975 | 217 | #547 |
| 1974 | 206 | #559 |
| 1973 | 202 | #559 |
| 1972 | 228 | #524 |
| 1971 | 270 | #488 |
| 1970 | 288 | #474 |
| 1969 | 240 | #500 |
| 1968 | 227 | #501 |
| 1967 | 254 | #473 |
| 1966 | 302 | #438 |
| 1965 | 250 | #488 |
| 1964 | 263 | #487 |
| 1963 | 282 | #469 |
| 1962 | 289 | #469 |
| 1961 | 272 | #483 |
| 1960 | 281 | #474 |
| 1959 | 313 | #453 |
| 1958 | 318 | #438 |
| 1957 | 355 | #411 |
| 1956 | 305 | #434 |
| 1955 | 337 | #394 |
| 1954 | 333 | #392 |
| 1953 | 359 | #359 |
| 1952 | 356 | #358 |
| 1951 | 355 | #363 |
| 1950 | 352 | #358 |
| 1949 | 377 | #345 |
| 1948 | 437 | #318 |
| 1947 | 439 | #325 |
| 1946 | 429 | #311 |
| 1945 | 398 | #300 |
| 1944 | 455 | #279 |
| 1943 | 461 | #285 |
| 1942 | 466 | #280 |
| 1941 | 450 | #266 |
| 1940 | 447 | #265 |
| 1939 | 401 | #274 |
| 1938 | 390 | #280 |
| 1937 | 352 | #289 |
| 1936 | 392 | #274 |
| 1935 | 341 | #295 |
| 1934 | 352 | #289 |
| 1933 | 349 | #281 |
| 1932 | 350 | #293 |
| 1931 | 339 | #303 |
| 1930 | 430 | #272 |
| 1929 | 400 | #277 |
| 1928 | 434 | #273 |
| 1927 | 460 | #266 |
| 1926 | 464 | #262 |
| 1925 | 445 | #272 |
| 1924 | 543 | #247 |
| 1923 | 532 | #244 |
| 1922 | 560 | #236 |
| 1921 | 601 | #221 |
| 1920 | 583 | #221 |
| 1919 | 853 | #155 |
| 1918 | 1,381 | #122 |
| 1917 | 921 | #144 |
| 1916 | 912 | #141 |
| 1915 | 767 | #154 |
| 1914 | 605 | #152 |
| 1913 | 659 | #122 |
| 1912 | 496 | #130 |
| 1911 | 129 | #221 |
| 1910 | 112 | #222 |
| 1909 | 106 | #204 |
| 1908 | 79 | #235 |
| 1907 | 83 | #222 |
| 1906 | 68 | #236 |
| 1905 | 73 | #224 |
| 1904 | 78 | #207 |
| 1903 | 63 | #230 |
| 1902 | 69 | #215 |
| 1901 | 51 | #242 |
| 1900 | 89 | #207 |
| 1899 | 59 | #219 |
| 1898 | 60 | #227 |
| 1897 | 44 | #263 |
| 1896 | 73 | #206 |
| 1895 | 71 | #203 |
| 1894 | 43 | #268 |
| 1893 | 66 | #208 |
| 1892 | 56 | #238 |
| 1891 | 58 | #206 |
| 1890 | 67 | #199 |
| 1889 | 44 | #244 |
| 1888 | 62 | #223 |
| 1887 | 52 | #218 |
| 1886 | 71 | #190 |
| 1885 | 59 | #206 |
| 1884 | 78 | #179 |
| 1883 | 67 | #180 |
| 1882 | 82 | #165 |
| 1881 | 73 | #165 |
| 1880 | 72 | #179 |
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