Wilbert

Wilbert was the #4,857 boys' name in the US in 2025 (20 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Wilbert as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Wilbert as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Wilbert as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#4,857 (20)#4,275 (4)
2024#5,067 (19)—
2023#5,255 (18)—
2022#4,089 (26)#2,321 (9)
2021#5,562 (16)#2,301 (9)
2020#3,811 (27)#2,404 (8)
2019#5,340 (17)#4,702 (3)
2018#3,891 (27)#4,749 (3)
2017#3,312 (34)#4,812 (3)
2016#3,111 (37)—
2015#3,591 (30)#4,747 (3)
2014#3,154 (35)—
2013#2,955 (38)—
2012#2,772 (43)—
2011#2,798 (42)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1914 at #162.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 83,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Wilbert is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 81,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 54,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.