How Many People Are Named Wilkes?
people named Wilkes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,242,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 318 babies named Wilkes in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wilkes in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilkes alive today is about 10 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilkes first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2018, to 30 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wilkes has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,457, in 1923. In 2025 it ranked #5,031.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,031 |
| Best rank | #3,457 (1923) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,593 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilkes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilkes were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 36 of those alive today.
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