Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wilgus

#16,731 most common boys' name of all time · #43,697 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–1955

Rank among boys
#16,731
Rank overall
#43,697 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
82
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #3,505
Best rank
#2,934 1943
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940

Wilgus first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1955 — 6 6 #3,749
1952 — 5 5 #4,051
1944 — 5 5 #3,775
1943 — 8 8 #2,934
1938 — 5 5 #3,909
1936 — 6 6 #3,476
1930 — 7 7 #3,537
1929 — 8 8 #3,218
1927 — 8 8 #3,418
1926 — 5 5 #4,641
1922 — 8 8 #3,505
1921 — 5 5 #4,787
1918 — 6 6 #4,175