Wilma

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #2,706
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1925 · 4,175 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
29 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
140,101
since 1880

Wilma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #62, 1925girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,64541
2024#3,96337
2023#4,19134
2022#3,59543
2021#4,41331
2020#3,77838
2019#4,00636
2018#3,61442
2017#4,22034
2016#5,62223
2015#4,40332
2014#6,20720
2013#4,42232
2012#5,39825
2011#4,91528
2010#4,97428
2009#4,67731
2008#5,27927
2007#5,37726
2006#5,70923
2005#4,95826
2004#4,60129
2003#4,66827
2002#3,73035
2001#4,20929
2000#3,88632
1999#3,24539
1998#3,57333
1997#3,22436
1996#3,50532
1995#2,65046
1994#2,93540
1993#2,60047
1992#2,68745
1991#2,84341
1990#2,17459
1989#2,22254
1988#2,21651
1987#2,53140
1986#1,95256
1985#2,08251
1984#1,92254
1983#1,68965
1982#1,47481
1981#1,52878
1980#1,50279
1979#1,45483
1978#1,34788
1977#1,37082
1976#1,145102
1975#1,074109
1974#1,042114
1973#934130
1972#888142
1971#777187
1970#731202
1969#630249
1968#648224
1967#565281
1966#515339
1965#477396
1964#456458
1963#408556
1962#396582
1961#355717#2,70610
1960#362724
1959#349754#3,9885
1958#300890
1957#282986#3,9935
1956#2531,086
1955#2481,100
1954#2231,303#3,4526
1953#2071,435#3,4256
1952#2021,423#2,37611
1951#1781,644#3,7145
1950#1711,655#3,0217
1949#1671,726
1948#1641,742#2,6089
1947#1521,910#3,0967
1946#1441,914#2,27111
1945#1281,890#2,24210
1944#1242,128#1,68317
1943#1202,377#2,18212
1942#1142,457#1,62919
1941#1062,427#1,44622
1940#932,621#1,47121
1939#872,701#1,29726
1938#852,871#1,27527
1937#802,977#1,34425
1936#783,123#1,96413
1935#703,361#1,45322
1934#733,311#1,32326
1933#663,417#1,49821
1932#653,611#1,54821
1931#693,741#1,36126
1930#684,075#1,39927
1929#664,007#1,31229
1928#693,937#1,52224
1927#684,153#1,56124
1926#674,054#1,66121
1925#624,175#1,42527
1924#674,066#1,83919
1923#743,706#1,50225
1922#773,535#2,34713
1921#723,824#1,70321
1920#783,670#1,96617
1919#863,170#2,06315
1918#823,298#1,64821
1917#823,071#1,75518
1916#822,962#1,69818
1915#802,773#3,0827
1914#951,788#2,6517
1913#921,469#1,36515
1912#991,241#2,2696
1911#102914
1910#118698
1909#112645#1,4405
1908#113630#1,3735
1907#125525
1906#146408
1905#158357
1904#154352
1903#168293
1902#173272
1901#178245
1900#187285
1899#181235
1898#232159
1897#245131
1896#286105
1895#28199
1894#29090
1893#30581
1892#29286
1891#32559
1890#31564
1889#38140
1888#40337
1887#47122
1886#42426
1885#43823
1884#50117
1883#45118
1882#49314
1881#53910
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilma was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wilma
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 318 spots since 2024 (#3,963#3,645)
  • 133 spots since 2020 (#3,778#3,645)
  • 758 spots since 2015 (#4,403#3,645)
  • Biggest jump: 297 spots in 1881 (#836#539)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 1972 (#777#888)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1925 at #62 (4,175 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1912–1940
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1973
Share of babies · girls
1 in 276
  • Highest: 1 in 276 girls born in 1930 were named Wilma (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #62 in 1925, was only 1 in 292 (0.34%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.9% of all girls named Wilma (39,127) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s212#381 (1889)#494
1890s1,109#181 (1899)#275
1900s4,012#112 (1909)#151
1910s21,384#80 (1915)#92
1920s39,127#62 (1925)#70
1930s33,188#65 (1932)#74
1940s21,192#93 (1940)#131
1950s12,276#171 (1950)#241
1960s4,526#355 (1961)#481
1970s1,239#731 (1970)#1,076
1980s609#1,474 (1982)#1,912
1990s418#2,174 (1990)#2,944
2000s285#3,730 (2002)#4,709
2010s300#3,614 (2018)#4,778
2020s224#3,595 (2022)#3,931

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.

Wilma in 1933

girls
#66
3,417 births · 1 in 295 girls
boys
#1,498
21 births · 1 in 47,215 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #66Wilma3,417

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #1,498Wilma21
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 295 of them was named Wilma, which outranked 98.6% 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).

Ranked beside Wilma
  1. #63Juanita3,551
  2. #64Pauline3,542
  3. #65Patsy3,451
  4. #66Wilma3,417
  5. #67Clara3,412
  6. #68Bonnie3,373
  7. #69Grace3,329
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 47,215 of them was named Wilma, which outranked 64.0% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilma
  1. #1,456Roosvelt22
  2. #1,456Rosalio22
  3. #1,456Samual22
  4. #1,498Wilma21
  5. #1,498Ace21
  6. #1,498Alfonza21
  7. #1,498Americo21
  8. #1,540Amon20
  9. #1,540Archibald20
  10. #1,540Barrett20

Tied with 41 names at #1,498; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933