Boy · English
Wilbur
Say it: WIL-ber
Meaning
From an English surname of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Common in 19th-century America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 57,032 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 491 boys
- 20 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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