Is Vilas a boy or girl name?

Vilas is a boy’s name. Of the 507 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 2.8% were girls and 97.2% were boys.

Vilas

Recorded 1913–1983 · United States

Vilas was most popular in 1917, when 27 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,637 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 507 people named Vilas.

Vilas over time

Births per year. The dot marks Vilas’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Vilas a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Vilas is a boy’s name — 2.8% of the 507 Americans given it were girls and 97.2% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Vilas

Where Vilas is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Wisconsin 49.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org