Wilber is an uncommon variant of Wilbur that peaked in 1919 and has since faded.
Wilber is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,039 for boy births in the United States (and #8,631 across all names), given to 27 babies. Wilber first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (162 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,039 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,315 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,559 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,211 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,002 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,978 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,105 |
| 2018 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,890 |
| 2017 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,289 |
| 2015 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,963 |
| 2014 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,928 |
| 2013 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,892 |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,056 |
| 2011 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,849 |
| 2010 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,399 |
| 2009 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,943 |
| 2008 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,058 |
| 2007 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,335 |
| 2006 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,736 |
| 2005 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,263 |
| 2004 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,023 |
| 2003 | 61 | 61 | — | #1,934 |
| 2002 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,248 |
| 2001 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,215 |
| 2000 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,255 |
| 1999 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,139 |
| 1998 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,550 |
| 1997 | 29 | — | — | #2,747 |
| 1996 | 33 | — | — | #2,438 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | — | #2,100 |
| 1994 | 31 | — | — | #2,500 |
| 1993 | 44 | — | — | #1,906 |
| 1992 | 36 | — | — | #2,172 |
| 1991 | 37 | — | — | #2,049 |
| 1990 | 37 | — | — | #2,047 |
| 1989 | 29 | — | — | #2,357 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | — | #2,596 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | — | #2,939 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | — | #2,885 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | — | #5,129 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | — | #2,821 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | — | #4,893 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #4,225 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | — | #3,598 |
| 1980 | 15 | — | — | #3,093 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | — | #4,395 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #5,043 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #4,161 |
| 1976 | 18 | — | — | #2,505 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,899 |
| 1974 | 26 | — | — | #1,830 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #3,010 |
| 1972 | 21 | — | — | #2,019 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | — | #2,122 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | — | #3,513 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | — | #1,971 |
| 1968 | 20 | — | — | #1,832 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | — | #2,605 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | — | #2,460 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | — | #2,080 |
| 1964 | 19 | — | — | #1,898 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | — | #2,042 |
| 1962 | 25 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 20 | — | — | #1,874 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | — | #2,206 |
| 1959 | 33 | — | — | #1,384 |
| 1958 | 29 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1957 | 31 | — | — | #1,434 |
| 1956 | 29 | — | — | #1,478 |
| 1955 | 32 | — | — | #1,369 |
| 1954 | 37 | — | — | #1,241 |
| 1953 | 40 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 45 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1951 | 33 | — | — | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 30 | — | — | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 41 | — | #6,042 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | 45 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 64 | — | — | #877 |
| 1946 | 41 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 40 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 51 | — | — | #897 |
| 1943 | 65 | — | — | #823 |
| 1942 | 74 | — | — | #747 |
| 1941 | 72 | — | — | #732 |
| 1940 | 87 | — | — | #645 |
| 1939 | 74 | — | — | #694 |
| 1938 | 88 | — | — | #639 |
| 1937 | 70 | — | — | #728 |
| 1936 | 101 | — | — | #576 |
| 1935 | 105 | — | — | #565 |
| 1934 | 84 | — | — | #665 |
| 1933 | 67 | — | — | #751 |
| 1932 | 110 | — | — | #564 |
| 1931 | 113 | — | — | #553 |
| 1930 | 146 | — | — | #493 |
| 1929 | 112 | — | #4,551 | #586 |
| 1928 | 123 | — | — | #551 |
| 1927 | 142 | — | — | #511 |
| 1926 | 139 | — | — | #515 |
| 1925 | 147 | — | — | #503 |
| 1924 | 160 | — | — | #490 |
| 1923 | 158 | — | — | #488 |
| 1922 | 159 | — | — | #495 |
| 1921 | 146 | — | — | #514 |
| 1920 | 151 | — | — | #492 |
| 1919 | 162 | — | — | #468 |
| 1918 | 151 | — | — | #487 |
| 1917 | 151 | — | — | #464 |
| 1916 | 125 | — | — | #505 |
| 1915 | 160 | — | — | #428 |
| 1914 | 94 | — | — | #506 |
| 1913 | 71 | — | — | #512 |
| 1912 | 64 | — | — | #499 |
| 1911 | 35 | — | — | #504 |
| 1910 | 35 | — | — | #473 |
| 1909 | 31 | — | — | #460 |
| 1908 | 21 | — | — | #565 |
| 1907 | 24 | — | — | #485 |
| 1906 | 24 | — | — | #464 |
| 1905 | 18 | — | — | #571 |
| 1904 | 21 | — | — | #480 |
| 1903 | 17 | — | — | #549 |
| 1902 | 20 | — | — | #489 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | — | #594 |
| 1900 | 31 | — | — | #412 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #1,046 |
| 1898 | 21 | — | — | #451 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | — | #650 |
| 1896 | 20 | — | — | #460 |
| 1895 | 21 | — | — | #435 |
| 1894 | 15 | — | — | #542 |
| 1893 | 15 | — | — | #507 |
| 1892 | 18 | — | — | #479 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | — | #594 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | — | #487 |
| 1889 | 14 | — | — | #523 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | — | #645 |
| 1887 | 22 | — | — | #355 |
| 1886 | 14 | — | — | #511 |
| 1885 | 22 | — | — | #387 |
| 1884 | 23 | — | — | #374 |
| 1883 | 17 | — | — | #447 |
| 1882 | 29 | — | — | #322 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | — | #484 |
| 1880 | 23 | — | — | #362 |