How Many People Are Named Wilfred?
people named Wilfred are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 39,700 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,520 babies named Wilfred in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
811 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "desiring peace" from Old English wil "will, desire" and friþ "peace". Saint Wilfrid was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop. The name was rarely used after the Norman conquest, but it was revived in the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Wilfred in English. Counting Wilfred and these spellings together, about 8,828 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Wilfred (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilfred alive today is about 60 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilfred first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 811 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wilfred has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #164, in 1917. In 2025 it ranked #3,843.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,843 |
| Best rank | #164 (1917) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #193 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilfred alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilfred were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,102 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wilfred was given 8.9 times as often in Hawaii, 7.7 times in New Hampshire and 5.4 times in Maine.
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