Wilburn
Wilburn is an unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama, United States, located just outside Bug Tussle.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Wilburn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wilburn is an unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama, United States, located just outside Bug Tussle.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Wilburn
Wilburn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 16 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1926: 317 births, good for #318 nationwide. About 27% of every Wilburn on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Wilburn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Wilburn
Wilburn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Wilburn's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #318. Use the chart and map above to compare Wilburn'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 .
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