Wilhelmina
#1,512 for girls in 2025, 141 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 77 births
- Debut · girls
- 36 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,094since 1880
Wilhelmina over time
Rank among girls' names. Wilhelmina has never cracked the top 200 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 | #1,512 | 141 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,796 | 112 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,534 | 139 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,560 | 136 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,641 | 127 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,818 | 108 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,629 | 130 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,663 | 126 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,738 | 122 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,785 | 116 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,600 | 134 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,868 | 108 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,568 | 69 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,770 | 63 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 55 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,516 | 54 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,449 | 59 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,577 | 51 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,568 | 52 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,447 | 58 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 64 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,159 | 83 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,096 | 89 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,071 | 89 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,000 | 95 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,026 | 88 | — | |
| 1952 | #975 | 93 | — | |
| 1951 | #793 | 126 | — | |
| 1950 | #782 | 123 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,023 | 76 | — | |
| 1948 | #810 | 114 | — | |
| 1947 | #848 | 107 | — | |
| 1946 | #857 | 93 | — | |
| 1945 | #816 | 86 | — | |
| 1944 | #812 | 88 | — | |
| 1943 | #756 | 105 | — | |
| 1942 | #762 | 98 | — | |
| 1941 | #798 | 82 | — | |
| 1940 | #675 | 105 | — | |
| 1939 | #608 | 123 | — | |
| 1938 | #659 | 108 | — | |
| 1937 | #655 | 108 | — | |
| 1936 | #695 | 92 | — | |
| 1935 | #617 | 111 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #554 | 135 | — | |
| 1933 | #563 | 129 | — | |
| 1932 | #552 | 139 | — | |
| 1931 | #575 | 132 | — | |
| 1930 | #518 | 169 | — | |
| 1929 | #505 | 179 | — | |
| 1928 | #527 | 174 | — | |
| 1927 | #509 | 190 | — | |
| 1926 | #514 | 183 | — | |
| 1925 | #459 | 227 | — | |
| 1924 | #501 | 198 | — | |
| 1923 | #455 | 227 | — | |
| 1922 | #465 | 216 | — | |
| 1921 | #456 | 230 | — | |
| 1920 | #463 | 214 | — | |
| 1919 | #459 | 210 | — | |
| 1918 | #427 | 239 | — | |
| 1917 | #382 | 279 | — | |
| 1916 | #344 | 320 | — | |
| 1915 | #341 | 301 | — | |
| 1914 | #360 | 216 | — | |
| 1913 | #340 | 201 | — | |
| 1912 | #327 | 191 | — | |
| 1911 | #334 | 141 | — | |
| 1910 | #319 | 143 | — | |
| 1909 | #320 | 128 | — | |
| 1908 | #299 | 140 | — | |
| 1907 | #329 | 112 | — | |
| 1906 | #321 | 109 | — | |
| 1905 | #319 | 112 | — | |
| 1904 | #330 | 98 | — | |
| 1903 | #306 | 105 | — | |
| 1902 | #298 | 112 | — | |
| 1901 | #289 | 107 | — | |
| 1900 | #309 | 114 | — | |
| 1899 | #275 | 109 | — | |
| 1898 | #300 | 106 | — | |
| 1897 | #330 | 79 | — | |
| 1896 | #288 | 103 | — | |
| 1895 | #286 | 97 | — | |
| 1894 | #285 | 94 | — | |
| 1893 | #241 | 119 | — | |
| 1892 | #253 | 110 | — | |
| 1891 | #236 | 103 | — | |
| 1890 | #252 | 98 | — | |
| 1889 | #240 | 95 | — | |
| 1888 | #247 | 88 | — | |
| 1887 | #240 | 77 | — | |
| 1886 | #255 | 66 | — | |
| 1885 | #227 | 76 | — | |
| 1884 | #215 | 77 | — | |
| 1883 | #244 | 54 | — | |
| 1882 | #217 | 62 | — | |
| 1881 | #219 | 49 | — | |
| 1880 | #254 | 36 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilhelmina was already there! It came in at #254, and was given to 36 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1989, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
Where Wilhelmina is popular in 1933
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#195 · 1 in 1,118
- New York#321 · 1 in 3,758
- Louisiana#401 · 1 in 3,180
- Pennsylvania#410 · 1 in 6,861
- Georgia#472 · 1 in 5,754
Best ever in a state: #104 in South Carolina, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #195 | 18 | 1 in 1,118 |
| New York | #321 | 22 | 1 in 3,758 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 6 | 1 in 3,180 |
| Pennsylvania | #410 | 10 | 1 in 6,861 |
| Georgia | #472 | 5 | 1 in 5,754 |
| Alabama | #483 | 5 | 1 in 5,482 |
| Illinois | #557 | 5 | 1 in 9,624 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Wilhelmina
- 284 spots since 2024 (#1,796 → #1,512)
- 306 spots since 2020 (#1,818 → #1,512)
- 88 spots since 2015 (#1,600 → #1,512)
- Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1950 (#1,023 → #782)
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1949 (#810 → #1,023)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #215 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 84 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1948
- Highest: 1 in 1,676 girls born in 1884 were named Wilhelmina (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Wilhelmina (2,241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 680 | #215 (1884) | #236 |
| 1890s | 1,018 | #236 (1891) | #275 |
| 1900s | 1,137 | #289 (1901) | #312 |
| 1910s | 2,241 | #319 (1910) | #363 |
| 1920s | 2,038 | #455 (1923) | #485 |
| 1930s | 1,246 | #518 (1930) | #600 |
| 1940s | 954 | #675 (1940) | #816 |
| 1950s | 904 | #782 (1950) | #1,069 |
| 1960s | 475 | #1,447 (1960) | #1,715 |
| 1970s | 216 | #2,001 (1971) | #3,534 |
| 1980s | 132 | #3,898 (1982) | #5,670 |
| 1990s | 131 | #5,267 (1992) | #6,913 |
| 2000s | 195 | #4,675 (2007) | #6,510 |
| 2010s | 964 | #1,600 (2015) | #2,242 |
| 2020s | 763 | #1,512 (2025) | #1,644 |
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.
Wilhelmina in 1933
Top girls' names in 1933
More about 1933
girls
1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 7,813 of them was named Wilhelmina, which outranked 88.4% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).