Wilfredo
A masculine name of Germanic origin meaning "desire for peace".
Name Census estimates that about 8,746 living Americans carry the first name Wilfredo. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Wilfredo today is around 44 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Wilfredo births was 1980 (206 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Wilfredo. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
8.7K
~ 1 in 39,190 Americans
Peak year
1980
206 babies that year
Average age
44
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,584
Tracked since 1926
Census
Wilfredo in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 21,456 people with the first name Wilfredo, which placed it at #1,534 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#1,534
National first-name rank
People counted
21K
21,456 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
7.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
86.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Wilfredo
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Wilfredo is Hispanic at 86.8%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (11.1%) and White (1.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Wilfredo described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Wilfredo at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino86.8% · 18,625
- Asian and Pacific Islander11.1% · 2,390
- White1.3% · 270
- Black or African American0.6% · 122
- Two or more races0.2% · 37
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 12
Popularity
Wilfredo: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Wilfredo from the 1920s through to the 2020s, spanning 10 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 1,800 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1980s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Wilfredo by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Wilfredo during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Wilfredos live
The SSA's state-level files cover 13 states and territories. New York, New Jersey, California recorded the most babies named Wilfredo, while North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 623 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Wilfredo
The name Wilfredo is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, derived from the Germanic Wilfried or Wilfried. It is a compound name formed from the Old German elements "wil" meaning "will" or "desire", and "frid" meaning "peace". Together, the name can be interpreted to mean "desiring peace" or "willful peace".
The name Wilfredo has its roots in the medieval period, particularly in the territories of what is now modern-day Spain and Portugal. It is believed to have been introduced to the Iberian Peninsula during the Visigothic Kingdom, which ruled the region from the 5th to the 8th centuries. The Visigoths were a Germanic people who had adopted the name Wilfried from their ancestral culture.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Wilfredo can be found in the 9th century chronicles of the Kingdom of Asturias, where a nobleman named Wilfredo de León is mentioned as a companion of King Alfonso III. In the 11th century, a knight named Wilfredo de Almeida fought alongside El Cid during the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the name Wilfredo. One of the most famous was Wilfredo Lam, a Cuban artist and painter born in 1902, who is celebrated for his unique blend of Cubism and Afro-Cuban culture. Another prominent figure was Wilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist and sociologist born in 1848, best known for the Pareto principle and his contributions to the study of income distribution.
In the realm of literature, Wilfredo Masó was a Cuban poet and writer born in 1921, renowned for his works that explored themes of identity and cultural heritage. The name Wilfredo was also carried by Wilfredo Petit, a Venezuelan composer and conductor born in 1922, who made significant contributions to the development of classical music in his home country.
Lastly, Wilfredo Gómez was a Puerto Rican boxer born in 1956, who held multiple world championships in the super bantamweight division during the 1970s and 1980s, and is considered one of the greatest Puerto Rican boxers of all time.
People
Wilfredo + last name combinations
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Other names starting with W
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FAQ
Wilfredo: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wilfredo?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 8,746 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Wilfredo going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 39,190 US residents.
Is Wilfredo a common name?
We classify Wilfredo as "Rare". It ranks above 97.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 9,548 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Wilfredo most popular?
The single biggest year for Wilfredo was 1980, when 206 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Wilfredo is about 44 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Wilfredo in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 21,456 people with the name Wilfredo, or 7.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #1,534 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Wilfredo in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Wilfredo?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Wilfredo appears almost entirely male. Of the 21,456 people counted with this name, 99.8% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Wilfredo?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Wilfredo is Hispanic at 86.8%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (11.1%) and White (1.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Wilfredo most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Wilfredo in the 2020 Census, accounting for 86.8% (18,625 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Wilfredo in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Wilfredo a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Wilfredo in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Wilfredo still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Wilfredo in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Wilfredo can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Wilfredo?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.