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Wilborn

♂ Boy

Pronounced WIL-born /ˈwɪlbɔrn/Medium

Meaning: Wilborn is a surname turned given name, part of the English Wilburn or Welborn family, generally explained as coming from a place meaning well spring or well stream. As a first name it carried that ancestral, surname feel.Low

In 30 seconds: Wilborn is a rare English surname-name from the Wilburn family, and said WIL-born.
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Origin LowEnglish
MeaningWilborn is a surname turned given name, part of the English Wilburn or Welborn family, generally explained as coming from a place meaning well spring or well stream. As a first name it carried that ancestral, surname feel.
U.S. rank (1968)#4738 ↘ Falling
1968 U.S. births5 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)
Peak year1921
Total births (all-time)≈ 396

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 192419111968

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Wilborn began as an English surname, a relative of Wilburn and Welborn, usually traced to a place name meaning well spring. It appears as a given name in American records from around 1911, in the surname-as-first-name tradition.

It was never common, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its high around 1921 and gone by the late 1960s. A man named Wilborn then would be a great-grandfather today, from an era of surname first names.

Did you know? Wilborn is the kind of family surname that Southern families often moved into the first-name slot.
Overall data confidence 35%
References - Wilborn — English surname-name; Wilburn/Welborn 'well spring' family

Variations

WilburnWelbornWilbourn

Nicknames

WillWil

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Wilborn mean?

It is an English surname used as a first name, part of the Wilburn or Welborn family, tied to a well spring place name.

How do you pronounce Wilborn?

It's said WIL-born /ˈwɪlbɔrn/, two syllables with the stress on the first.

Is Wilborn a boy or girl name?

Wilborn is used as a boy's name.

Is Wilborn a popular name?

No, it was always rare, a surname-name given to only a few boys a year and last recorded in the nineteen-sixties.

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