Name meaning & stats
Wilfred
Wilfred means “will” (Old English origin). 11,237 US babies since 1940, peak 1943.
What it means
“will”
Old EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1943
11,237 US babies were named Wilfred between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Wilfred (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 73% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1943)