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How popular is the name Wilfred?
Births per year, rank history and how many Wilfreds are alive today.
Wilfred (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 113th in 2025 with 475 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1904, when around 4,500 babies were given the name, the 31st most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 976 in 1996 before climbing back to the 113th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 91,000 babies have been named Wilfred in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Wilfred you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 74: the name has two living generations. Half of all Wilfreds born in England and Wales are between 10 and 75, and there are at least 15,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 4.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Wilfred.
How many babies are named Wilfred each year?
Where does Wilfred rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Wilfred most popular?
Wilfred peaked in 1904, when around 4,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Wilfred?
At least 15,000 people named Wilfred born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Wilfred?
Most living Wilfreds are between 10 and 75; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 74.
Is Wilfred becoming more or less popular?
Recovering: it has climbed back after a dip in the rankings.