Girls' name · peaked in 1930
Wilma name popularity since 1925
95,125 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Wilma (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1937 or earlier, so the typical Wilma is about 89 years old in 2026. Wilma peaked in 1930 as the #68 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 95,125
- Named Wilma, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1930
- #68 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,705 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 94,583 girls · 542 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 4.52× its national share
Peak year is the year Wilma made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Wilma births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Wilma peaked in 1930.
- Steepest fall: Between 1963 and 1968, Wilma's share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 3,470 to 1 in 7,320.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Wilma's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Wilma.
Decade by decade
Babies named Wilma in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 20,326 | 125 | – |
| 1930s | 33,188 | 234 | #70 |
| 1940s | 21,192 | 128 | #128 |
| 1950s | 12,276 | 45 | #248 |
| 1960s | 4,526 | 10 | #477 |
| 1970s | 1,239 | 0 | #1,082 |
| 1980s | 609 | 0 | #2,099 |
| 1990s | 418 | 0 | #2,684 |
| 2000s | 285 | 0 | #5,109 |
| 2010s | 300 | 0 | #4,483 |
| 2020–25 | 224 | 0 | #3,705 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
58.3% of babies named Wilma from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Wilma is most popular
The index compares Wilma's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Wilma.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 4.52× | 7,016 |
| West Virginia | 4.01× | 3,271 |
| Arkansas | 3.89× | 3,710 |
| Oklahoma | 3.73× | 4,504 |
| Tennessee | 3.44× | 6,711 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Wilma's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Wilma.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Wilma (1930).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data