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

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Peak · girls
1884 · 77 births
Debut · girls
36 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,094
since 1880

Wilhelmina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Wilhelmina has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #215, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,512141
2024#1,796112
2023#1,534139
2022#1,560136
2021#1,641127
2020#1,818108
2019#1,629130
2018#1,663126
2017#1,738122
2016#1,785116
2015#1,600134
2014#1,868108
2013#2,56869
2012#2,77063
2011#3,05155
2010#3,74541
2009#4,93129
2008#5,95523
2007#4,67531
2006#7,86815
2005#6,24519
2004#7,82814
2003#6,29918
2002#5,44421
2001#7,31714
2000#8,53411
1999#6,48415
1998#9,2609
1997#5,86816
1996#6,06415
1995#7,51411
1994#8,12210
1993#7,49811
1992#5,26718
1991#6,58813
1990#6,46513
1989#7,44910
1988#6,27712
1987#7,9878
1986#6,15611
1985#5,07714
1984#5,89911
1983#4,88414
1982#3,89820
1981#4,74615
1980#4,32717
1979#3,23625
1978#4,67914
1977#3,76119
1976#4,90512
1975#3,95016
1974#3,69517
1973#3,78716
1972#3,06221
1971#2,00142
1970#2,26734
1969#2,20833
1968#2,36027
1967#1,70245
1966#1,82739
1965#1,51654
1964#1,49757
1963#1,44959
1962#1,57751
1961#1,56852
1960#1,44758
1959#1,33764
1958#1,44854
1957#1,15983
1956#1,09689
1955#1,07189
1954#1,00095
1953#1,02688
1952#97593
1951#793126
1950#782123
1949#1,02376
1948#810114
1947#848107
1946#85793
1945#81686
1944#81288
1943#756105
1942#76298
1941#79882
1940#675105
1939#608123
1938#659108
1937#655108
1936#69592
1935#617111#3,6455
1934#554135
1933#563129
1932#552139
1931#575132
1930#518169
1929#505179
1928#527174
1927#509190
1926#514183
1925#459227
1924#501198
1923#455227
1922#465216
1921#456230
1920#463214
1919#459210
1918#427239
1917#382279
1916#344320
1915#341301
1914#360216
1913#340201
1912#327191
1911#334141
1910#319143
1909#320128
1908#299140
1907#329112
1906#321109
1905#319112
1904#33098
1903#306105
1902#298112
1901#289107
1900#309114
1899#275109
1898#300106
1897#33079
1896#288103
1895#28697
1894#28594
1893#241119
1892#253110
1891#236103
1890#25298
1889#24095
1888#24788
1887#24077
1886#25566
1885#22776
1884#21577
1883#24454
1882#21762
1881#21949
1880#25436
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Wilhelmina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #215 (77 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1948
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,676
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 17.1% of all girls named Wilhelmina (2,241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s680#215 (1884)#236
1890s1,018#236 (1891)#275
1900s1,137#289 (1901)#312
1910s2,241#319 (1910)#363
1920s2,038#455 (1923)#485
1930s1,246#518 (1930)#600
1940s954#675 (1940)#816
1950s904#782 (1950)#1,069
1960s475#1,447 (1960)#1,715
1970s216#2,001 (1971)#3,534
1980s132#3,898 (1982)#5,670
1990s131#5,267 (1992)#6,913
2000s195#4,675 (2007)#6,510
2010s964#1,600 (2015)#2,242
2020s763#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 2017

girls
#1,738
122 births · 1 in 14,151 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,738Wilhelmina122
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 14,151 of them was named Wilhelmina, which outranked 90.6% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilhelmina
  1. #1,721Nya123
  2. #1,721Pepper123
  3. #1,721Teegan123
  4. #1,738Wilhelmina122
  5. #1,738Arlet122
  6. #1,738Cori122
  7. #1,738Kourtney122
  8. #1,744Cosette121
  9. #1,744Kyah121
  10. #1,744Maiya121

Tied with 5 names at #1,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

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

See the top 100 for 2017