Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Wilburn

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1926

Peak era

1926

Peak births

317

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262025

Quick answers about Wilburn

An estimated 2,611 living Americans are named Wilburn.

Wilburn fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Wilburn is approximately 72 years, with most bearers falling between 60 and 83 years old.

Not especially. Wilburn has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

10,324

Wilburn last appeared in SSA records in 2022. Across its recorded history, about 10,324 American boys received the name.

Wilburn peaked in 1926, when 317 boys were given the name.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 10,324 Americans named Wilburn since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1926

Living profile

2,611

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age72

Core range60–83

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.