Wilco

Boys' name

Will (n.) + helmet, through Willem

Wilco has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2016. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2016, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Wilco, 2016

1 in 734,000

Wilco over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wilco: meaning, origin, and history

Will (n.) + helmet, through Willem

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wilco means

Wilco belongs to the name family reached through Wilco → Willem → Willem → *Willihelm. Its meaning is “will (n.) + helmet”.

Origin, language, and formation

Wilco is used in Dutch.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Willem and *Willihelm.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Wilco is pronounced /ˈʋɪl.koː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Wilco between 2016 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2016; its best national rank was #14,087 in 2016.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Wilco?

Wilco had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 734,000; 5 of 3,669,531 births
Among boys only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 508,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wilco sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wilco. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wilcos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wilco was born before 2016 — so the typical Wilco is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Wilco rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2016 (5)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #14,087; 2016

Spellings of Wilco

Wilco is not the most common spelling — Wilson is, with 23.0% against Wilco's <0.01%.

Wilson23.0%48,807
Will21.7%45,952
Milo20.7%43,847
Nico10.1%21,294
Wiley8.7%18,400
Rico4.7%9,926
Wilton4.1%8,653
Waldo2.7%5,716

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Wilco by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #14,087; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 5 that year
First recorded: 2016
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wilco

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Wilce Wilem Wiles Wilks Wiljo Wiltz Wilby Wilie Willas Willer Wilroy Willum Wilmor Wilsey Wilker Wilmur Wily Wilda Wills Willes Wilhem Wilmeth Williem Wildred

Sibling names for Wilco

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karleigh Hadlee Heavenly Scarlette Ayesha Henley Annalee Raylee

For a brother

Smith Damari Kye Canaan Vladimir Cayson Hamilton Kingsley

Explore around Wilco

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