Awilda
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 89 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,725since 1916
Awilda over time
Rank among girls' names. Awilda 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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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1968 | #1,625 | 50 |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 |
| 1965 | #1,421 | 60 |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 |
| 1963 | #1,290 | 73 |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 |
| 1961 | #1,279 | 75 |
| 1960 | #1,338 | 68 |
| 1959 | #1,130 | 89 |
| 1958 | #1,282 | 68 |
| 1957 | #1,177 | 80 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 |
| 1953 | #1,738 | 33 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
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| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Awilda! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Awilda is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#349 · 1 in 2,806
- New Jersey#605 · 1 in 9,532
- Illinois#1,032 · 1 in 21,676
Best ever in a state: #326 in New York, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #349 | 60 | 1 in 2,806 |
| New Jersey | #605 | 6 | 1 in 9,532 |
| Illinois | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 21,676 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Awilda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1959 at #1,130 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,736 girls born in 1959 were named Awilda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 35.7% of all girls named Awilda (615) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,291 (1918) | #4,354 |
| 1920s | 28 | #3,116 (1925) | #4,137 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,411 (1932) | #4,411 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,410 (1949) | #3,823 |
| 1950s | 487 | #1,130 (1959) | #1,655 |
| 1960s | 615 | #1,279 (1961) | #1,458 |
| 1970s | 351 | #1,857 (1973) | #2,362 |
| 1980s | 125 | #3,739 (1981) | #6,128 |
| 1990s | 57 | #6,867 (1990) | #10,931 |
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.
Awilda in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 22,736 of them was named Awilda, which outranked 84.3% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,126Evette90
- #1,126Margery90
- #1,126Princess90
- #1,130Awilda89
- #1,130Elma89
- #1,130Elyse89
- #1,130Gaynell89
- #1,135Alecia88
- #1,135Donald88
- #1,135Jayme88
Tied with 4 names at #1,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.