Willma
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 673since 1898
Willma over time
Rank among girls' names. Willma has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
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| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
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| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Willma! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Willma is popular in 1927
No state had 5 or more girls named Willma in 1927, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Willma
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1902 at #1,438 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 37,725 girls born in 1902 were named Willma (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,194 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Willma (165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,700 (1898) | #1,700 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,438 (1902) | #1,614 |
| 1910s | 140 | #1,537 (1918) | #2,028 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,723 (1924) | #2,455 |
| 1930s | 165 | #1,513 (1933) | #2,058 |
| 1940s | 105 | #2,297 (1940) | #3,079 |
| 1950s | 69 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,680 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,293 (1962) | #5,892 |
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.
Willma in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 59,622 of them was named Willma, which outranked 65.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,885Virgina21
- #1,885Yaeko21
- #1,885Zulema21
- #1,935Willma20
- #1,935Adel20
- #1,935Aldean20
- #1,935Alverda20
- #2,026Ardyth19
- #2,026Arlee19
- #2,026Armelia19
Tied with 90 names at #1,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.