Quick answers about Wilburn
How many people are named Wilburn?
An estimated 2,040 living Americans are named Wilburn.
How rare is Wilburn?
Wilburn fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Wilburn?
The median age of a living American named Wilburn is approximately 68 years, with most bearers falling between 57 and 78 years old.
Is Wilburn still popular?
Not especially. Wilburn has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Wilburn most common?
Wilburn has its strongest geographic signal in Arkansas, where it appears 5.5× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19262025
Where it lives now
Wilburn is most concentrated in Alabama — about 4.8× the national rate in the 1940s.
States where Wilburn is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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