# Wilf (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wilf/  
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 | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 768, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortening.

## 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.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 37 | 825 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 38 | 833 |
| 2018 | 59 | 610 |
| 2019 | 55 | 642 |
| 2020 | 36 | 829 |
| 2021 | 44 | 761 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 45 | 738 |
| 2024 | 36 | 880 |
| 2025 | 39 | 822 |

## People named Wilf

- Wilf Mannion, English footballer (1918-2000)
- Wilf McGuinness, English football player and manager (born 1937)

## 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.