Wilfred
Wilfred is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 164th, in 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920802 births
- Best rank
- #164in 1917
- Since 1880
- 29,388people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,388 boys have been named Wilfred in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 802 births.
The name has all but left use: 20 births in 2024, against 802 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 104 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wilfred | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 308 | |
| 1890s | 510 | |
| 1900s | 767 | |
| 1910s | 4,976 | |
| 1920s | 7,134 | |
| 1930s | 4,489 | |
| 1940s | 3,263 | |
| 1950s | 2,833 | |
| 1960s | 1,955 | |
| 1970s | 1,064 | |
| 1980s | 804 | |
| 1990s | 541 | |
| 2000s | 343 | |
| 2010s | 262 | |
| 2020s | 139 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Wilfred was the 176th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Wilfred
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Milfordpeak 1921
- Virgilpeak 1921
- Elwoodpeak 1921
- Francispeak 1918
- Olenpeak 1922
- Loydpeak 1926
- Miltonpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.