Wylma

Last seen for girls in 1953 at #5,040

Peak · girls
1914 · 25 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
542
since 1899

Wylma over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #1,228, 1914girls
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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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1953#5,0406
1952#4,4837
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1948#4,6516
1947#4,7646
1946#3,6658
1945#4,0256
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1942#4,1246
1941#2,84610
1940#2,9639
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1938#2,73010
1937#3,4347
1936#4,1815
1935#2,9269
1934#3,1598
1933#2,16114
1932#2,64411
1931#3,2268
1930#3,3458
1929#3,1379
1928#1,89720
1927#2,55213
1926#2,35115
1925#2,11918
1924#2,06219
1923#1,73624
1922#2,10918
1921#1,92721
1920#1,37533
1919#2,51513
1918#2,10217
1917#1,30731
1916#1,68921
1915#1,62221
1914#1,22825
1913#1,76612
1912#1,71911
1911#1,54510
1910#1,9357
1909#1,6078
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1907#1,6397
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1903#1,4407
1902#1,7935
1901#1,3397
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1899#1,3946
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Wylma! It came in at #1,394, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wylma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1953
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1914 at #1,228 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 15 yrs 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 30,463
  • Highest: 1 in 30,463 girls born in 1914 were named Wylma (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 313,550 girls born in 1953 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 35.1% of all girls named Wylma (190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,394 (1899)#1,394
1900s34#1,339 (1901)#1,564
1910s168#1,228 (1914)#1,743
1920s190#1,375 (1920)#2,127
1930s80#2,161 (1933)#3,090
1940s51#2,846 (1941)#3,863
1950s13#4,483 (1952)#4,762

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.

Wylma in 1914

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#1,228
25 births · 1 in 30,463 girls

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #1,228Wylma25
More about 1914

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761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 30,463 of them was named Wylma, which outranked 70.8% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wylma
  1. #1,199Verena26
  2. #1,199Vonda26
  3. #1,199Willene26
  4. #1,228Wylma25
  5. #1,228Abigail25
  6. #1,228Aggie25
  7. #1,228Agness25
  8. #1,262Alease24
  9. #1,262Alverna24
  10. #1,262Aretha24

Tied with 33 names at #1,228; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

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

See the top 100 for 1914