Wilfred
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Wilfred
Wilfred is one of those Old Man Names that still sounds fusty in the US but is fashionable in the UK. It comes with readymade short forms Will, Wilf, or Fred and might make an adventurous alternative to the ubiquitous William. The central character of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe is the knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe while Wilfred Owen is a well-known British poet, noteworthy for his war poetry.
Wilfred is also given to girls.
Pronounced WIL-fred.
As of October 2026, Wilfred ranked #3844 for boys in US births in 2025 and #6877 for girls in US births in 1956 SSA, peaked at #164 for boys in 1917 and #2682 for girls in 1915, Nameberry popularity #878 for boys.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,781 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,398 | 23 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,438 | 33 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,459 | 23 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #3,883 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,221 | 25 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,912 | 27 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,118 | 39 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,430 | 24 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,869 | 29 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,844 | 29 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Wilfred for boys
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Wilfred on lists
Famous Wilfreds
- Wilfred Edward Salter OwenBoy
English poet
- Wilfred Van Norman LucasBoy
Canadian,American actor
- Wilfred RhodesBoy
English cricketer
- Wilfred the HairyBoy
Count of Barcelona
- Wilfred Patrick ThesigerBoy
British Arabian explorer
- Wilfred Emmons JacksonBoy
American Disney animator
- Wilfred BenítezBoy
Puerto Rican boxer
- Wilfred Tennant (b. 2013)Boy
son of actors David Tennant and Georgia Moffett
- Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson (b. 2020)Boy
son of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds
Wilfred in pop culture
- WilfredBoy
dog on TV's "Wilfred"
- WilfredBoy
Knight of Ivanhoe, character in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe"
- Wilfred ToadflaxBoy
mouse in the Brambly Hedge Mice books
- Wilfred MorgenhallBoy
seedy old lawyer in John Mortimer's play The Dock Brief (1958)
- The Hon. Wilfred DesertBoy
character in the Forsyte series by John Galsworthy
- Wilfred DevizesBoy
mental specialist in "Christina Alberta's Father" (1925) by H. G. Wells
- Wilfred MottBoy
character from TV series "Doctor Who"