Wilkinson

Boys' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Wilkinson has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2001. 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 2001, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Wilkinson, 2014

1 in 741,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wilkinson: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Wilkinson means

Wilkinson is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Wilkinson is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Wilkinson is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Wilkinson is pronounced /ˈwɪlkɪnsən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Wilkinson between 2001 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2001; its best national rank was #12,235 in 2001.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Wilkinson?

Wilkinson had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 741,000; 5 of 3,706,812 births
Among boys only: 1 in 384,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wilkinson 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 2014 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 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wilkinson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wilkinsons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wilkinson was born before 2001 — so the typical Wilkinson is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Wilkinson 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 2001 (5)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,235; 2001

Wilkinson 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: #12,235; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 5 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wilkinson

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Sibling names for Wilkinson

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

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For a brother

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