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How popular is the name Wilson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Wilsons are alive today.
Wilson (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1705th in 2025 and given to 15 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 68 babies were given the name, the 568th most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 22% of its peak.
The Wilson you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Wilsons born in England and Wales are between 9 and 19, and there are at least 930 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Wilson - on average, only one in every 326 such rooms contains a Wilson.
How many babies are named Wilson each year?
Where does Wilson 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 Wilson most popular?
Wilson peaked in 2017, when 68 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Wilson?
At least 930 people named Wilson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Wilson?
Most living Wilsons are between 9 and 19; the most common age is about 10.
Is Wilson becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.