Wilkie
Wilkie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Wilkie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wilkie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Wilkie
As a girl name
Wilkie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1919, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 7 births, good for #3,875 nationwide. About 67% of every Wilkie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Wilkie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1927, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 18 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Wilkie on the record books as a boy name in 1914, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1940, when 61 Wilkies were born — ranking #792 that year. About 42% of every Wilkie on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Wilkie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1978, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 340 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Wilkie
Wilkie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 340 births in the dataset. Wilkie's peak popularity came in 1940 when it ranked #792. Use the chart and map above to compare Wilkie'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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