# Wilbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wilbert/  
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 | 40,193 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 40,015 / 178 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 8 | 3,487 |
| 1932 | 8 | 3,558 |
| 1934 | 8 | 3,442 |
| 1938 | 7 | 3,839 |
| 1939 | 10 | 2,917 |
| 1941 | 6 | 4,406 |
| 1948 | 8 | 4,201 |
| 1950 | 5 | 6,091 |
| 1952 | 6 | 5,549 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5,938 |
| 1960 | 6 | 6,373 |
| 1965 | 6 | 6,522 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,832 |
| 1971 | 6 | 8,304 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,747 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,850 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,810 |
| 2013 | 38 | 2,995 |
| 2014 | 35 | 3,227 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,678 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,157 |
| 2017 | 34 | 3,373 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,542 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,913 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,762 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,182 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,454 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,227 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,031 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Wilbert

- Wilbert Awdry, British vicar and author (1911–1997)
- Wilbert Suvrijn, Dutch football player and agent
- Wilbert McClure, American boxer (1938-2020)
- Wilbert London, American male sprinter
- Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player and manager (1863–1934)
- Barrett Wilbert Weed, American singer and actress
- Wilbert Harrison, American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994)
- Bill Cobbs, American actor (1934–2024)
- Whitney Rydbeck, American actor (1945-2024)
- Wil Jones, American basketball player

## 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.