Wilda
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1926 · 411 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,759since 1880
Wilda over time
Rank among girls' names. Wilda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,437 | 59 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,547 | 53 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,344 | 68 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,768 | 42 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,370 | 61 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,136 | 87 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,063 | 96 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,056 | 94 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,062 | 90 | — | |
| 1954 | #984 | 98 | — | |
| 1953 | #832 | 124 | — | |
| 1952 | #893 | 107 | — | |
| 1951 | #824 | 118 | — | |
| 1950 | #798 | 118 | — | |
| 1949 | #679 | 152 | — | |
| 1948 | #696 | 143 | — | |
| 1947 | #697 | 147 | — | |
| 1946 | #631 | 156 | — | |
| 1945 | #600 | 144 | — | |
| 1944 | #542 | 177 | — | |
| 1943 | #558 | 182 | — | |
| 1942 | #514 | 208 | — | |
| 1941 | #509 | 185 | — | |
| 1940 | #469 | 205 | — | |
| 1939 | #453 | 216 | — | |
| 1938 | #465 | 210 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #426 | 230 | — | |
| 1936 | #416 | 240 | — | |
| 1935 | #403 | 257 | — | |
| 1934 | #411 | 255 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #379 | 288 | — | |
| 1932 | #363 | 307 | — | |
| 1931 | #394 | 276 | — | |
| 1930 | #365 | 340 | — | |
| 1929 | #349 | 348 | — | |
| 1928 | #360 | 361 | — | |
| 1927 | #339 | 389 | — | |
| 1926 | #326 | 411 | — | |
| 1925 | #339 | 393 | — | |
| 1924 | #360 | 362 | — | |
| 1923 | #354 | 350 | — | |
| 1922 | #336 | 371 | — | |
| 1921 | #372 | 327 | — | |
| 1920 | #359 | 331 | — | |
| 1919 | #366 | 310 | — | |
| 1918 | #355 | 332 | — | |
| 1917 | #361 | 302 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #367 | 283 | — | |
| 1915 | #373 | 261 | — | |
| 1914 | #395 | 177 | — | |
| 1913 | #427 | 133 | — | |
| 1912 | #395 | 137 | — | |
| 1911 | #430 | 89 | — | |
| 1910 | #457 | 77 | — | |
| 1909 | #516 | 53 | — | |
| 1908 | #444 | 66 | — | |
| 1907 | #468 | 58 | — | |
| 1906 | #499 | 48 | — | |
| 1905 | #423 | 64 | — | |
| 1904 | #418 | 60 | — | |
| 1903 | #457 | 49 | — | |
| 1902 | #440 | 50 | — | |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 | — | |
| 1900 | #489 | 48 | — | |
| 1899 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1898 | #437 | 49 | — | |
| 1897 | #468 | 38 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #530 | 31 | — | |
| 1894 | #475 | 35 | — | |
| 1893 | #614 | 22 | — | |
| 1892 | #489 | 31 | — | |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 | — | |
| 1889 | #499 | 25 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilda was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Wilda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1892 (#727 → #489)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1884 (#579 → #731)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #326 (411 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1882–1954
- Highest: 1 in 2,884 girls born in 1926 were named Wilda (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 28.6% of all girls named Wilda (3,643) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 123 | #499 (1889) | #621 |
| 1890s | 309 | #437 (1898) | #533 |
| 1900s | 534 | #418 (1904) | #464 |
| 1910s | 2,101 | #355 (1918) | #393 |
| 1920s | 3,643 | #326 (1926) | #349 |
| 1930s | 2,619 | #363 (1932) | #408 |
| 1940s | 1,699 | #469 (1940) | #590 |
| 1950s | 993 | #798 (1950) | #1,002 |
| 1960s | 431 | #1,344 (1962) | #1,932 |
| 1970s | 154 | #2,689 (1973) | #4,487 |
| 1980s | 82 | #4,716 (1982) | #8,181 |
| 1990s | 52 | #6,867 (1990) | #10,572 |
| 2000s | 6 | #13,521 (2001) | #13,521 |
| 2010s | 8 | #11,835 (2015) | #11,835 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wilda in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 5,255 of them was named Wilda, which outranked 90.7% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 221,829 of them was named Wilda, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.