How Many People Are Named Wilburn?
people named Wilburn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 140,826 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,339 babies named Wilburn in Social Security records from 1880 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
317 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was probably originally derived from an unknown place name. The second element corresponds with Old English burne "stream".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Wilburn (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilburn alive today is about 68 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilburn first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1926, to 317 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Wilburn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #318, in 1926.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #318 (1926) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #353 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilburn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilburn were born in Texas than in any other state: about 304 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wilburn was given 5 times as often in Arkansas, 4.5 times in Alabama and 4.4 times in Tennessee.
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