How Many People Are Named Wilkie?
people named Wilkie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,921,238 people in the US has this name
Based on 358 babies named Wilkie in Social Security records from 1914 to 1978, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
61 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was originally derived from a diminutive of the given name WILLIAM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Wilkie (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilkie alive today is about 73 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilkie first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1940, to 61 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1978.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 1978
🏆 Rank History
Wilkie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #801, in 1940.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #801 (1940) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,959 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilkie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilkie were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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