# Wilton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wilton/  
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 | 8,694 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,653 / 41 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 6 | 4,802 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,961 |
| 1921 | 9 | 3,662 |
| 1925 | 5 | 5,754 |
| 1926 | 5 | 5,599 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,960 |
| 1943 | 5 | 5,357 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,420 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,382 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,794 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,984 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,172 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,541 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,285 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,593 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,390 |
| 2020 | 12 | 7,016 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,929 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,204 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,243 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,644 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,118 |

## People named Wilton

- Wilton Daniel Gregory, American Cardinal
- Wilton Pereira Sampaio, Brazilian referee and association football referee
- Wilton Ivie, American arachnologist
- Wilton Felder, American musician (1940–2015)
- Wilton Graff, American actor (1903-1969)
- Wilton E. Hall, American politician (1901-1980)
- Peter Cushing, British actor (1913–1994)
- Robert Morley, British actor (1908–1992)
- Vaughn Monroe, American singer (1911–1973)
- Jack Marshall, American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)

## 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.