Meaning and history
Wilbert means “bright will” and comes from the Old German elements willo, meaning “will” or “desire,” and beraht, meaning “bright.”
20062006: 62 births, rank #2,102
2007: 60 births, rank #2,213
2008: 57 births, rank #2,291
2009: 56 births, rank #2,320
2010: 42 births, rank #2,826
20112011: 42 births, rank #2,798
2012: 43 births, rank #2,772
2013: 38 births, rank #2,955
2014: 35 births, rank #3,154
2015: 30 births, rank #3,591
20162016: 37 births, rank #3,111
2017: 34 births, rank #3,312
2018: 27 births, rank #3,891
2019: 17 births, rank #5,340
2020: 27 births, rank #3,811
20212021: 16 births, rank #5,562
2022: 26 births, rank #4,089
2023: 18 births, rank #5,255
2024: 19 births, rank #5,067
20252025: 20 births, rank #4,857
Wilbert rose from #949 to #948 for boys between 1988 and 1990. Its highest annual birth count came in 1922, with 902 births.