Wilhelmena

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891

Peak · girls
1896 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
769
since 1896

Wilhelmena over time

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Rank among girls' names. Wilhelmena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #1,416, 1896girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#5,8916
1962
1961#6,5675
1960
1959#5,0317
1958#3,92510
1957
1956#4,4678
1955#5,2086
1954#5,7535
1953#4,5957
1952#3,04013
1951#3,10612
1950#2,53516
1949#2,85013
1948#2,25519
1947#2,63715
1946#2,39216
1945#2,45813
1944#2,40114
1943#2,69512
1942#2,81711
1941#2,66811
1940#1,84519
1939#1,94717
1938#2,73010
1937#2,19614
1936#2,15314
1935#1,77919
1934#1,69720
1933#2,40412
1932#1,95717
1931#2,30713
1930#1,53526
1929#1,59824
1928#1,78422
1927#2,33915
1926#2,35115
1925#2,01819
1924#1,81123
1923#1,78223
1922#3,15210
1921#1,86722
1920#1,88921
1919#1,56526
1918#2,28915
1917#2,20415
1916#1,53324
1915#2,25513
1914#1,60317
1913#1,52815
1912#1,54013
1911#2,4635
1910#1,7738
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1907#2,0615
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1905#1,6966
1904#1,4867
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1896#1,4166
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Wilhelmena! It came in at #1,416, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wilhelmena
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1896 at #1,416 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 39,337
  • Highest: 1 in 39,337 girls born in 1904 were named Wilhelmena (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,251 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,416 in 1896, was only 1 in 39,653 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.2% of all girls named Wilhelmena (194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,416 (1896)#1,416
1900s18#1,486 (1904)#1,748
1910s151#1,528 (1913)#1,875
1920s194#1,598 (1929)#2,059
1930s162#1,535 (1930)#2,071
1940s143#1,845 (1940)#2,502
1950s84#2,535 (1950)#4,184
1960s11#5,891 (1963)#6,229

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.

Wilhelmena in 1920

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#1,889
21 births · 1 in 57,061 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #1,889Wilhelmena21
More about 1920

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1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 57,061 of them was named Wilhelmena, which outranked 67.2% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilhelmena
  1. #1,816Vola22
  2. #1,816Yaeko22
  3. #1,816Ysabel22
  4. #1,889Wilhelmena21
  5. #1,889Adel21
  6. #1,889Adelaida21
  7. #1,889Annalee21
  8. #1,952Albena20
  9. #1,952Ardeth20
  10. #1,952Arietta20

Tied with 62 names at #1,889; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920