Wilber
Meaning
a variant spelling of Wilbur, from Old English/Germanic elements read as wild boar or resolute fortress
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Wilber peaked in the 1910s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
1,110 people · the #7,695 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 200,000 · median age 30
Among people named Wilber living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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