Wilbur

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Wilbur: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Wilbur: Recorded every year since 2003, it reached #429 in 2019, and it stood at #545 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#429highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2004	#1498
2005	#2754
2006	#2870
2007	#1885
2008	#1706
2009	#1494
2010	#1109
2011	#1124
2012	#927
2013	#730
2014	#765
2015	#553
2016	#571
2017	#522
2018	#584
2019	#429
2020	#473
2021	#450
2022	#515
2023	#593
2024	#545

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #429 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #545 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wilbur by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Wilbur in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	61	7 of 10	9
2010s	531	10 of 10	53
2020sbusiest	383	5 of 10	77

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 77 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2018 and 2019, when recorded births rose by 32, from 63 to 95.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Wilbur appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #429 in England and Wales in 2019.

Wilbur's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#545	70	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#593	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#515	76	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#450	92	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#473	83	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#429	95	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#584	63	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#522	75	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#571	65	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#553	69	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#765	41	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #429, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 95 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#545position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
95births registered in its largest year, 201950 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Wil · #973, 29y
Wilder · #577, 11y
Wilf · #610, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zidane · #434, 27y
Evie-Mae · #420, 22y
Lilly-Mai · #420, 20y
Lillia · #419, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Atharv · #429, 20y
Gracjan · #429, 17y
Arminas · #430, 15y
Calleigh · #430, 13y

Wilbur was ranked #429 in England and Wales · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Wilbur and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Wilbur without appearing here.

Wilbur moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1494 and #4527.
Henrik Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1494 and #1494 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1109 and #3332.
Jade Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3467 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #3651.
Malin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3467 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #3651.

Moved the opposite way to Wilbur

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 while Aaron went from #43 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 while Adam went from #18 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 while Alan went from #296 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Wilbur

Albie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 and Albie from #490 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 and Archie from #50 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 and Arlo from #1188 to #15.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilbur went from #3467 to #545 and Arthur from #168 to #4.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #429 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wilbur

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