Wilson

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #672in 2025
  • 1 in 4,217boys in 2025
  • +5%last ten years
  • 2.5×in South Carolina

Most popular in 1918.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06821,36318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Wilson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880652
1881725
1882721
1883640
1884682
1885547
1886641
1887513
1888513
1889398
1890603
1891573
1892459
1893588
1894371
1895605
1896611
1897390
1898489
1899555
1900591
1901479
1902563
1903528
1904609
1905552
1906511
1907565
1908512
1909646
1910577
1911571
19121,154
19131,286
1914924
1915904
19161,025
1917995
19181,363
1919870
1920548
1921546
1922515
1923485
1924479
1925399
1926418
1927408
1928392
1929372
1930392
1931326
1932335
1933352
1934341
1935327
1936378
1937330
1938352
1939362
1940386
1941366
1942337
1943323
1944334
1945296
1946264
1947240
1948249
1949213
1950197
1951189
1952183
1953182
1954163
1955164
1956144
1957165
1958150
1959147
1960132
1961128
1962140
1963139
1964132
1965134
1966169
1967146
1968131
1969134
1970155
1971153
1972141
1973130
1974131
1975139
1976138
1977130
1978137
1979141
1980159
1981145
1982148
1983138
1984149
1985149
1986156
1987157
1988184
1989161
1990203
1991216
1992257
1993221
1994191
1995215
1996201
1997202
1998209
1999211
2000214
2001238
2002262
2003237
2004276
2005258
2006247
2007228
2008241
2009246
2010224
2011215
2012222
2013207
2014240
2015226
2016231
2017218
2018238
2019232
2020233
2021211
2022222
2023236
2024251
2025237

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. South Carolina 2.5×
  2. Alabama 2.2×
  3. Minnesota 2.0×
  4. Tennessee 1.9×
  5. Colorado 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
405
Rank in 2025
#672
How rare
1 in 4,217 boys
Since 1880
48,807

Most popular in 1918, at 1,363 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 5% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
South Carolina2.5×38
Alabama2.2×35
Minnesota2.0×35
Tennessee1.9×51
Colorado1.7×32

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.