# Wilfrid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wilfrid/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “will”, “peace” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,419 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,419 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 240, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Old English Wilfriþ, from wil (“will”) + friþ (“peace”).

## What it means

Wilfrid is grouped under peace.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 6 | 3,983 |
| 1960 | 9 | 3,074 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,645 |
| 1962 | 10 | 2,846 |
| 1963 | 6 | 4,037 |
| 1966 | 8 | 3,244 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,976 |
| 1973 | 8 | 4,046 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,571 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6,212 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,509 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8,417 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,516 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,671 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,948 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Wilfrid

- Wilfrid Laurier, 7th prime minister of Canada (1841-1919)
- Wilfrid Sellars, American philosopher (1912-1989)
- Wilfrid, Christian saint, Bishop of York from 664 to 678
- Wilfrid Kaptoum, Cameroonian association football player
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, British poet and writer (1840–1922)
- Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (1903–1991)
- Wilfrid Johnson, British lacrosse player (1885-1960)
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, British poet (1878–1962)
- Wilfrid Backhouse Alexander, English ornithologist and entomologist (1885–1965)
- Wilfrid Lawson, British actor (1900–1966)
- Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, British-American information scientist (1933-2013)
- Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, British scientist and surgeon (1895–1971)

## 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.