as a First Name
Mainly North American: transferred use of a comparatively rare surname, which is probably derived from a medieval female given name composed of Old English will ‘will, desire’ + burh ‘fortress’. Its popularity in the United States peaked in the second decade of the 20th century but has since steadily declined.
| 1,007th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 27,912
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 48,949
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Wilbur per capita
- 1913
- marked the height of its popularity
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81%
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18%
30-54
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0.95%
13-29
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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