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How popular is “Wilber” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilber” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wilber” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wilber” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wilber” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wilber” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wilber” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilber” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 23 0.000114153 23 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 29 0.000130906 29 -100%
1883 17 0.000078361 17 -100%
1884 23 0.000094471 23 -100%
1885 22 0.000091342 22 -100%
1886 14 0.000054834 14 -100%
1887 22 0.000088928 22 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 -100%
1895 21 0.000059826 21 -100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 -100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 -100%
1898 21 0.000055052 21 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 31 0.000068849 31 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 -100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 -100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 -100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 -100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 -100%
1906 24 0.000056016 24 -100%
1907 24 0.00005157 24 -100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 -100%
1909 31 0.000060639 31 -100%
1910 35 0.000059251 35 -100%
1911 35 0.000054324 35 -100%
1912 64 0.000064773 64 -100%
1913 71 0.000062439 71 -100%
1914 94 0.000066368 94 -100%
1915 160 0.000087316 160 -100%
1916 125 0.000064619 125 -100%
1917 151 0.000075246 151 -100%
1918 151 0.00006955 151 -100%
1919 162 0.000076768 162 -100%
1920 151 0.000066736 151 -100%
1921 146 0.00006254 146 -100%
1922 159 0.000069458 159 -100%
1923 158 0.000068622 158 -100%
1924 160 0.000067181 160 -100%
1925 147 0.000063001 147 -100%
1926 139 0.000060543 139 -100%
1927 142 0.000061224 142 -100%
1928 123 0.000054402 123 -100%
1929 112 0.000051091 6 106 -89%
1930 146 0.000065669 146 -100%
1931 113 0.000053697 113 -100%
1932 110 0.000052101 110 -100%
1933 67 0.000033509 67 -100%
1934 84 0.000040447 84 -100%
1935 105 0.000050242 105 -100%
1936 101 0.000048614 101 -100%
1937 70 0.000032854 70 -100%
1938 88 0.000039773 88 -100%
1939 74 0.000033584 74 -100%
1940 87 0.000037782 87 -100%
1941 72 0.000029551 72 -100%
1942 74 0.000027088 74 -100%
1943 65 0.000023029 65 -100%
1944 51 0.000018959 51 -100%
1945 40 0.000015078 40 -100%
1946 41 0.000012831 41 -100%
1947 64 0.000017766 64 -100%
1948 45 0.000013034 45 -100%
1949 41 0.000011765 5 36 -76%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 -100%
1951 33 0.000008958 33 -100%
1952 45 0.000011848 45 -100%
1953 40 0.00001038 40 -100%
1954 37 0.000009295 37 -100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 -100%
1956 29 0.000007034 29 -100%
1957 31 0.000007377 31 -100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 -100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 -100%
1962 25 0.000006195 25 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 -100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 26 0.000008553 26 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 37 0.000009361 37 -100%
1991 37 0.000009499 37 -100%
1992 36 0.000009372 36 -100%
1993 44 0.00001167 44 -100%
1994 31 0.000008339 31 -100%
1995 40 0.000010923 40 -100%
1996 33 0.000009048 33 -100%
1997 29 0.000007998 29 -100%
1998 34 0.000009244 34 -100%
1999 45 0.000012182 45 -100%
2000 44 0.000011641 44 -100%
2001 47 0.000012555 47 -100%
2002 47 0.000012573 47 -100%
2003 61 0.000016043 61 -100%
2004 60 0.000015703 60 -100%
2005 53 0.000013785 53 -100%
2006 81 0.000020474 81 -100%
2007 56 0.000014008 56 -100%
2008 68 0.0000173 68 -100%
2009 41 0.000010732 41 -100%
2010 53 0.000014341 53 -100%
2011 42 0.000011482 42 -100%
2012 38 0.00001039 38 -100%
2013 40 0.000010972 40 -100%
2014 40 0.000010792 40 -100%
2015 40 0.000010808 40 -100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 -100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 -100%
2018 42 0.000011946 42 -100%
2019 26 0.000007491 26 -100%
2020 40 0.000011974 40 -100%
2021 27 0.000007969 27 -100%
2022 38 0.000011232 38 -100%
2023 33 0.000009966 33 -100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 -100%

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