# Wilber (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wilber/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,902 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,891 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 6 | 4,551 |
| 1949 | 5 | 6,042 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,849 |
| 2012 | 38 | 3,056 |
| 2013 | 40 | 2,892 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,928 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,963 |
| 2016 | 35 | 3,289 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,768 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,890 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,105 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,978 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,002 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,211 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,559 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4,315 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,039 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Wilber

- Edward Wilber Berry, American paleobotanist (1875-1945)
- Wilber Sánchez, Cuban Olympic wrestler
- Mauricio Wright, Costa Rican footballer and manager

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.