first name
WILBER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,360 people named Wilber, 76.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 15.2% as White and 6.4% as Black. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Wilber peaked in 1919, when 162 babies got the name.
At least 6,902 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Wilber by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #874. The largest share of babies named Wilber, 35.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Wilber is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wilber has been most common in Nebraska (5.1×), South Carolina (5.1×), and Kansas (3.2×), and least common in Illinois (0.42×).
2,886 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Wilber
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wilber, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Wilber ranks #5,983 of 156,621, with 5,539 people. See Wilber as a last name
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