Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Wilson

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

1,381

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

68.8%

2024

431

All-time

48,403

Wilson 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 1918, when 1,381 boys were named Wilson.

In 2024, only 431 boys were given the name.

Down 68.8% from its peak.

All told, about 48,403 Americans have been named Wilson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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