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Wilbur
Rank in 2024
#2,945
Born in 2024
42
Peak year
1918 · #97
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 42 boys were named Wilbur, about 1 in every 40,841.
- It peaked in 1918 with 1,800 babies, ranked #97.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 56,880 boys have been named Wilbur since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Wilbur per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.6Greatest1901–27
- 0.8Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 27,108 babies, 1.62 per 1,000. Silent: 15,558 babies, 0.75 per 1,000. Boomers: 7,793 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,422 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,011 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 427 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 344 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From an Old English female given name Wilburg, from wil (“will”) + burh (“fortress”).
- (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A stereotypical given name for a pig.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Wilbur, CC BY-SA 4.0.