Wilkin

Boys' name

Diminutive of William

Wilkin has been given to 122 babies in the U.S. since 1922. 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 2020, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Wilkin, 2023

1 in 663,000

Wilkin 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wilkin: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of William

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wilkin means

Wilkin is a diminutive of William.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Wilkin is used in Medieval English.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Wilkin → William. The family’s meaning is “will + helmet”, recorded in English with the source elements wiljô and helmaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include William.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 122 boys were recorded with the name Wilkin between 1922 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2020; its best national rank was #4,297 in 1922.

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 Wilkin?

Wilkin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wilkin 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 2023 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 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wilkin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wilkins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wilkin was born before 2006 — so the typical Wilkin is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 22.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 67.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 111; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 22.1% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Wilkin 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 2020 (10)
Years since peak: 5; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,297; 1922

Spellings of Wilkin

Wilkin is not the most common spelling — Willie is, with 79.3% against Wilkin's 0.02%.

Willie79.3%450,188
Willis9.2%52,336
Wilson8.6%48,807
Wilton1.5%8,653
Willian0.72%4,074
Linkin0.39%2,187
Willia0.10%550
Dillin0.10%545

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.

Wilkin 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: #4,297; 1922
Peak year: 2020; 10 that year
First recorded: 1922
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 122
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wilkin

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

Wilver Wilman Wilian Wilkes Wilde Willow Willys Wills Willet Hawkin Wilbon Wildon Wilmar Wilgus Willson Willim Willett Willman Willey Willi Wilkie Willliam Wilmon Wiliam

Sibling names for Wilkin

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

Dior Kamiyah Haisley Harmoni Melani Lianna Denisse Remy

For a brother

Kannon Kaison Santana Keanu Henri Joziah Ishaan Rian

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