Wilson
Wilson is ranked 644th among boys in 2024 (431 births). Its best rank was 122nd, in 1913, 1918.
- Rank in 2024
- #644up 29 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4310.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 19181,381 births
- Best rank
- #122first in 1913
- Since 1880
- 48,403people given the name
The story in the numbers
48,403 boys have been named Wilson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 1,381 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 597 → 644).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1910s alone account for 14%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wilson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 660 | |
| 1890s | 597 | |
| 1900s | 759 | |
| 1910s | 6,835 | |
| 1920s | 5,022 | |
| 1930s | 3,696 | |
| 1940s | 4,359 | |
| 1950s | 3,383 | |
| 1960s | 2,661 | |
| 1970s | 2,309 | |
| 1980s | 2,862 | |
| 1990s | 4,144 | |
| 2000s | 4,884 | |
| 2010s | 4,238 | |
| 2020s | 1,994 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Wilson was the 122nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Wilson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Julespeak 1928
- Sidneypeak 1918
- Edwinpeak 1922
- Juliuspeak 1918
- Mahlonpeak 1919
- Irvinpeak 1923
- Harrispeak 1921
- Arlingtonpeak 1917
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.