# Wilson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wilson/  
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 | /ˈwɪlsən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Willson |
| US babies named this | 49,017 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 48,807 / 210 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 908, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Will (short form of William) + -son.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | 13,346 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,809 |
| 1998 | 6 | 14,056 |
| 2000 | 5 | 17,550 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10,076 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16,367 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,928 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,428 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,426 |
| 2014 | 5 | 19,074 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,973 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,308 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,582 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17,388 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,139 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 409 | 603 |
| 2012 | 422 | 600 |
| 2013 | 391 | 631 |
| 2014 | 461 | 597 |
| 2015 | 433 | 621 |
| 2016 | 439 | 615 |
| 2017 | 404 | 642 |
| 2018 | 433 | 619 |
| 2019 | 417 | 645 |
| 2020 | 402 | 656 |
| 2021 | 370 | 710 |
| 2022 | 387 | 689 |
| 2023 | 404 | 675 |
| 2024 | 432 | 645 |
| 2025 | 405 | 673 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 671 |
| 2012 | 39 | 805 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 51 | 659 |
| 2015 | 49 | 682 |
| 2016 | 54 | 647 |
| 2017 | 68 | 568 |
| 2018 | 47 | 721 |
| 2019 | 43 | 753 |
| 2020 | 30 | 944 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: ويلسون, ويلسن
- Armenian: Ուիլսոն
- Bulgarian: Уи́лсън
- Catalan: Wilson
- Chinese: 威爾遜 /威尔逊, 威爾森 /威尔森
- Czech: Wilson
- Danish: Wilson
- Dutch: Wilson
- Esperanto: Wilson
- Finnish: Wilson
- French: Wilson
- Georgian: უილსონი
- German: Wilson
- Greek: Γουίλσον
- Hebrew: ווילסון
- Hindi: विल्सन
- Hungarian: Wilson
- Indonesian: Wilson
- Italian: Wilson
- Japanese: ウィルソン

## People named Wilson

- Wilson Pickett, American male singer and songwriter (1941-2006)
- Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer (born 1943)
- Wilson Rodrigues Fonseca, Brazilian association football player
- Wilson Bethel, American actor
- Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and inventor (1919–2011)
- Wilson Bentley, American photographer (1867-1931)
- Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian racing driver (1943–2024)
- Wilson Cruz, American actor
- Wilson Chandler, American basketball player (born 1987)
- William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer (1906–1994)
- Wilson Boit Kipketer, Athletics competitor from Kenya
- Wilson Odobert, French footballer (born 2004)

## 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.