Meaning and history
From a surname derived from the names of several English towns, Wilton ultimately reflects Old English place names meaning either “willow town,” “well town,” or “town on the River Wylye.” The river name itself is of Celtic origin and may mean “tricky.”
20062006: 23 births, rank #4,105
2007: 31 births, rank #3,444
2008: 19 births, rank #4,901
2009: 18 births, rank #5,102
2010: 16 births, rank #5,478
20112011: 17 births, rank #5,200
2012: 23 births, rank #4,251
2013: 20 births, rank #4,621
2014: 15 births, rank #5,733
2015: 25 births, rank #4,080
20162016: 17 births, rank #5,318
2017: 18 births, rank #5,111
2018: 11 births, rank #7,136
2019: 14 births, rank #6,104
2020: 12 births, rank #6,620
20212021: 20 births, rank #4,780
2022: 19 births, rank #5,019
2023: 19 births, rank #5,075
2024: 17 births, rank #5,443
20252025: 15 births, rank #5,861
Wilton rose from #966 to #915 for boys between 1964 and 1966. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 208 births.