Wilton
Boy · WIL-tun · English
Wilton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “farmstead on the River Wylye”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Wilton mean?
English: surname from Wilton and other English place names
“farmstead on the River Wylye”
Wilton, once the chief town of Wiltshire, gave its name to the county and to Wilton carpets.
- Say it
- WIL-tun
Is Wilton a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Wilton, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 208 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Wilton than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Wilton in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,845 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,941 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,428 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,475 |
| 1979 | 44 | #1,407 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,230 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,170 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1966 | 64 | #901 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,012 |
| 1964 | 63 | #958 |
| 1963 | 59 | #983 |
| 1962 | 68 | #916 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,041 |
| 1960 | 80 | #841 |
| 1959 | 84 | #829 |
| 1958 | 82 | #827 |
| 1957 | 74 | #879 |
| 1956 | 85 | #808 |
| 1955 | 90 | #765 |
| 1954 | 81 | #799 |
| 1953 | 85 | #767 |
| 1952 | 114 | #648 |
| 1951 | 112 | #660 |
| 1950 | 114 | #651 |
| 1949 | 95 | #701 |
| 1948 | 114 | #633 |
| 1947 | 103 | #682 |
| 1946 | 97 | #654 |
| 1945 | 90 | #636 |
| 1944 | 116 | #569 |
| 1943 | 130 | #550 |
| 1942 | 133 | #530 |
| 1941 | 115 | #559 |
| 1940 | 107 | #575 |
| 1939 | 100 | #573 |
| 1938 | 105 | #571 |
| 1937 | 124 | #517 |
| 1936 | 141 | #474 |
| 1935 | 120 | #528 |
| 1934 | 122 | #530 |
| 1933 | 144 | #465 |
| 1932 | 129 | #508 |
| 1931 | 135 | #493 |
| 1930 | 145 | #494 |
| 1929 | 163 | #461 |
| 1928 | 173 | #461 |
| 1927 | 185 | #449 |
| 1926 | 161 | #473 |
| 1925 | 179 | #449 |
| 1924 | 208 | #422 |
| 1923 | 189 | #443 |
| 1922 | 194 | #433 |
| 1921 | 184 | #453 |
| 1920 | 158 | #483 |
| 1919 | 185 | #432 |
| 1918 | 155 | #474 |
| 1917 | 166 | #438 |
| 1916 | 153 | #455 |
| 1915 | 147 | #453 |
| 1914 | 104 | #475 |
| 1913 | 95 | #436 |
| 1912 | 49 | #574 |
| 1911 | 29 | #562 |
| 1910 | 21 | #634 |
| 1909 | 21 | #574 |
| 1908 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 23 | #463 |
| 1904 | 23 | #444 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 8 | #677 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
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