NameTides

Wilson

Wilson was the #672 boys' name in the US in 2025 (405 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #651 in Canada.

Wilson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Wilson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Wilson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#672 (405)#1,705 (15)———#651 (43)
2024#644 (432)#1,595 (16)#619 (4)——#747 (35)
2023#672 (404)#1,272 (21)———#947 (25)
2022#689 (387)#1,314 (20)———#876 (28)
2021#709 (370)#1,218 (22)———#784 (33)
2020#655 (402)#944 (30)———#688 (37)
2019#644 (417)#753 (43)———#557 (49)
2018#618 (433)#721 (47)———#748 (33)
2017#638 (404)#568 (68)#532 (5)——#681 (37)
2016#612 (439)#647 (54)#486 (6)#358 (4)—#610 (44)
2015#620 (433)#682 (49)#470 (6)——#578 (46)
2014#596 (461)#659 (51)#680 (3)——#599 (45)
2013#630 (391)#692 (47)#520 (5)——#645 (39)
2012#599 (422)#805 (39)#434 (7)——#640 (38)
2011#601 (409)#671 (48)#386 (8)——#516 (52)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1918 at #122.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 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 4,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wilson is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wilson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Wilson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#42710
Ontario2024#96411

Wilson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WilsonCanadaGirls—too few
WilsonCanadaBoys#65143
WilsonEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
WilsonIrelandBoys—too few
WilsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WilsonScotlandBoys—too few
WilsonUSGirls—too few
WilsonUSBoys#672405