Baby name

Wilber

Boy

Comeback name

The high point came in 1919, with 162 births and the No. 468 spot that year. Almost forgotten around 1979, with about 10 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 3948.

6,891births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 468rank at its peak, in 1919

Where babies named Wilber are born

1919

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The darker the blue, the more common Wilber is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Wilber is most common in South Carolina (5 times), California (1.3) and Texas (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Wilbur 56,906
Wilbert 40,015
Wilmer 15,979
Wilder 8,197

Names from the same era

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