Wilson
#516 most common boys' name of all time · #1,113 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#516
Rank overall
#1,113 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
49,017
Since 2016
4,115
Peak year
1918 #122
Best rank
#122 1913
Girls
Boys
peak 1,381/yr
Wilson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 405 | 405 | #672 |
| 2024 | — | 432 | 432 | #644 |
| 2023 | — | 404 | 404 | #672 |
| 2022 | — | 387 | 387 | #689 |
| 2021 | 6 | 370 | 376 | #709 |
| 2020 | 5 | 402 | 407 | #656 |
| 2019 | — | 417 | 417 | #644 |
| 2018 | 6 | 433 | 439 | #618 |
| 2017 | 5 | 404 | 409 | #638 |
| 2016 | — | 439 | 439 | #612 |
| 2015 | 5 | 433 | 438 | #620 |
| 2014 | 5 | 461 | 466 | #596 |
| 2013 | 6 | 391 | 397 | #630 |
| 2012 | — | 422 | 422 | #599 |
| 2011 | — | 409 | 409 | #601 |
| 2010 | — | 429 | 429 | #584 |
| 2009 | — | 488 | 488 | #540 |
| 2008 | — | 492 | 492 | #538 |
| 2007 | 5 | 473 | 478 | #541 |
| 2006 | 5 | 507 | 512 | #512 |
| 2005 | 6 | 516 | 522 | #484 |
| 2004 | — | 547 | 547 | #465 |
| 2003 | — | 468 | 468 | #514 |
| 2002 | — | 509 | 509 | #469 |
| 2001 | 10 | 463 | 473 | #496 |
| 2000 | 5 | 421 | 426 | #526 |
| 1999 | — | 405 | 405 | #524 |
| 1998 | 6 | 400 | 406 | #521 |
| 1997 | — | 380 | 380 | #526 |
| 1996 | 5 | 380 | 385 | #524 |
| 1995 | 6 | 410 | 416 | #504 |
| 1994 | 5 | 369 | 374 | #533 |
| 1993 | — | 434 | 434 | #484 |
| 1992 | 8 | 513 | 521 | #431 |
| 1991 | 7 | 436 | 443 | #473 |
| 1990 | 9 | 417 | 426 | #480 |
| 1989 | — | 323 | 323 | #539 |
| 1988 | — | 353 | 353 | #490 |
| 1987 | — | 294 | 294 | #521 |
| 1986 | — | 287 | 287 | #524 |
| 1985 | 5 | 276 | 281 | #525 |
| 1984 | — | 269 | 269 | #520 |
| 1983 | 5 | 248 | 253 | #529 |
| 1982 | 5 | 269 | 274 | #519 |
| 1981 | 7 | 259 | 266 | #524 |
| 1980 | — | 284 | 284 | #502 |
| 1979 | — | 242 | 242 | #550 |
| 1978 | — | 225 | 225 | #557 |
| 1977 | — | 213 | 213 | #574 |
| 1976 | — | 217 | 217 | #547 |
| 1975 | — | 217 | 217 | #547 |
| 1974 | — | 206 | 206 | #559 |
| 1973 | 5 | 202 | 207 | #559 |
| 1972 | — | 228 | 228 | #525 |
| 1971 | — | 270 | 270 | #489 |
| 1970 | 5 | 288 | 293 | #474 |
| 1969 | — | 240 | 240 | #500 |
| 1968 | — | 227 | 227 | #501 |
| 1967 | — | 254 | 254 | #473 |
| 1966 | — | 302 | 302 | #439 |
| 1965 | — | 250 | 250 | #488 |
| 1964 | — | 263 | 263 | #487 |
| 1963 | — | 282 | 282 | #469 |
| 1962 | — | 289 | 289 | #469 |
| 1961 | — | 272 | 272 | #483 |
| 1960 | — | 281 | 281 | #474 |
| 1959 | — | 313 | 313 | #453 |
| 1958 | — | 318 | 318 | #438 |
| 1957 | — | 355 | 355 | #413 |
| 1956 | — | 305 | 305 | #435 |
| 1955 | — | 337 | 337 | #395 |
| 1954 | — | 333 | 333 | #393 |
| 1953 | — | 359 | 359 | #360 |
| 1952 | — | 356 | 356 | #359 |
| 1951 | — | 355 | 355 | #364 |
| 1950 | — | 352 | 352 | #359 |
| 1949 | — | 377 | 377 | #345 |
| 1948 | — | 437 | 437 | #318 |
| 1947 | — | 439 | 439 | #325 |
| 1946 | — | 429 | 429 | #311 |
| 1945 | — | 398 | 398 | #300 |
| 1944 | 5 | 455 | 460 | #279 |
| 1943 | — | 461 | 461 | #285 |
| 1942 | — | 466 | 466 | #280 |
| 1941 | — | 450 | 450 | #266 |
| 1940 | — | 447 | 447 | #265 |
| 1939 | — | 401 | 401 | #274 |
| 1938 | — | 390 | 390 | #280 |
| 1937 | — | 352 | 352 | #289 |
| 1936 | — | 392 | 392 | #274 |
| 1935 | — | 341 | 341 | #295 |
| 1934 | — | 352 | 352 | #289 |
| 1933 | — | 349 | 349 | #281 |
| 1932 | — | 350 | 350 | #293 |
| 1931 | — | 339 | 339 | #303 |
| 1930 | — | 430 | 430 | #272 |
| 1929 | — | 400 | 400 | #277 |
| 1928 | — | 434 | 434 | #273 |
| 1927 | 8 | 460 | 468 | #266 |
| 1926 | — | 464 | 464 | #263 |
| 1925 | — | 445 | 445 | #272 |
| 1924 | — | 543 | 543 | #247 |
| 1923 | 8 | 532 | 540 | #244 |
| 1922 | 6 | 560 | 566 | #236 |
| 1921 | 5 | 601 | 606 | #221 |
| 1920 | 7 | 583 | 590 | #221 |
| 1919 | — | 853 | 853 | #155 |
| 1918 | — | 1,381 | 1,381 | #122 |
| 1917 | 6 | 921 | 927 | #144 |
| 1916 | 7 | 912 | 919 | #141 |
| 1915 | 5 | 767 | 772 | #154 |
| 1914 | — | 605 | 605 | #153 |
| 1913 | 6 | 659 | 665 | #122 |
| 1912 | — | 496 | 496 | #131 |
| 1911 | — | 129 | 129 | #221 |
| 1910 | — | 112 | 112 | #222 |
| 1909 | — | 106 | 106 | #204 |
| 1908 | — | 79 | 79 | #236 |
| 1907 | — | 83 | 83 | #222 |
| 1906 | — | 68 | 68 | #236 |
| 1905 | — | 73 | 73 | #224 |
| 1904 | — | 78 | 78 | #208 |
| 1903 | — | 63 | 63 | #231 |
| 1902 | — | 69 | 69 | #216 |
| 1901 | — | 51 | 51 | #242 |
| 1900 | — | 89 | 89 | #207 |
| 1899 | — | 59 | 59 | #219 |
| 1898 | — | 60 | 60 | #228 |
| 1897 | — | 44 | 44 | #266 |
| 1896 | — | 73 | 73 | #207 |
| 1895 | — | 71 | 71 | #204 |
| 1894 | — | 43 | 43 | #268 |
| 1893 | — | 66 | 66 | #210 |
| 1892 | — | 56 | 56 | #238 |
| 1891 | — | 58 | 58 | #208 |
| 1890 | — | 67 | 67 | #199 |
| 1889 | — | 44 | 44 | #245 |
| 1888 | — | 62 | 62 | #223 |
| 1887 | — | 52 | 52 | #218 |
| 1886 | — | 71 | 71 | #191 |
| 1885 | — | 59 | 59 | #206 |
| 1884 | — | 78 | 78 | #180 |
| 1883 | — | 67 | 67 | #180 |
| 1882 | — | 82 | 82 | #165 |
| 1881 | — | 73 | 73 | #167 |
| 1880 | — | 72 | 72 | #179 |