Wilbert
Wilbert is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Wilbert
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wilbert is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Wilbert
The earliest SSA record of Wilbert as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 29 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 902 newborns named Wilbert — #167 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Wilbert on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Wilbert ranks #5,364 for baby boys with 18 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 40K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Wilbert
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About the name Wilbert
Wilbert is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 40K births in the dataset. Wilbert's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #160. Use the chart and map above to compare Wilbert's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.