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Baby name
Wilson
Boy
Origin of the name
Wilson was first an English surname, “son of Will.”
Classic name
48,807births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 122rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Wilson are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Wilson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Wilson is most common in Louisiana (3.4 times), South Carolina (3) and Mississippi (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Wilton 8,653
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