first name
WILTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,071 people named Wilton, 48.3% reported their origin as White, 27.1% as Black and 17.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Wilton peaked in 1924, when 208 babies got the name.
At least 8,694 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.
Wilton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #952. The largest share of babies named Wilton, 31.7%, 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 Wilton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wilton has been most common in Louisiana (13×), South Carolina (6.8×), and North Carolina (5.2×), and least common in California (0.09×).
4,942 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 Wilton
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wilton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Wilton ranks #10,446 of 156,621, with 2,934 people. See Wilton as a last name
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