Wilton
Wilton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 422nd, in 1924.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1924208 births
- Best rank
- #422in 1924
- Since 1880
- 8,638people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,638 boys have been named Wilton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 208 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 81 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wilton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | |
| 1890s | 80 | |
| 1900s | 173 | |
| 1910s | 1,104 | |
| 1920s | 1,794 | |
| 1930s | 1,265 | |
| 1940s | 1,100 | |
| 1950s | 921 | |
| 1960s | 587 | |
| 1970s | 416 | |
| 1980s | 329 | |
| 1990s | 295 | |
| 2000s | 245 | |
| 2010s | 176 | |
| 2020s | 87 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Wilton was the 422nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Wilton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Bernardpeak 1924
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Merlepeak 1925
- Ervinpeak 1921
- Olenpeak 1922
- Leonardpeak 1921
- Bufordpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.