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Wilson

Pronounced /ˈwɪlsən/

Rank in 2024
#644
Born in 2024
431
Peak year
1918 · #122
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 431 boys were named Wilson, about 1 in every 3,980.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 1,381 babies, ranked #122.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 48,403 boys have been named Wilson since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Wilson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.7
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 11,693 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Silent: 7,207 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,452 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,867 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,537 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,329 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,972 babies, 0.23 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Will (short form of William) +‎ -son.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈwɪlsən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.