Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Wilber

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Wilber
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

162

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

84.6%

2024

All-time

6,864

Wilber has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 162 boys were named Wilber.

In 2024, only 25 boys were given the name.

Down 84.6% from its peak.

All told, about 6,864 Americans have been named Wilber and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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