Gilma

Peak · girls
1899 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
228
since 1899

Gilma over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,181, 1899girls
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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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2002#12,1877
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2000#13,1546
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1996#10,5677
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1992#11,7386
1991#9,3368
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1989#5,83614
1988#8,3918
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1984#8,1537
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1982#10,5175
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1980#10,3925
1979#8,0617
1978#6,9488
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1973#8,4235
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1971#6,6197
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1960#6,3905
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1939#4,2505
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1933#3,1098
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1930#4,0476
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1927#4,8055
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1925#3,3629
1924#4,0027
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1922#5,0095
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1920#4,3986
1919#3,8177
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1917#2,69311
1916#3,0319
1915#4,2745
1914#3,6185
1913#3,1875
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1909#2,2085
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1904#1,8775
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1899#1,1818
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Gilma! It came in at #1,181, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gilma is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Gilma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gilma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1899 at #1,181 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 1 yr 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 29,128
  • Highest: 1 in 29,128 girls born in 1899 were named Gilma (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 256,697 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.4% of all girls named Gilma (42) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s8#1,181 (1899)#1,181
1900s15#1,877 (1904)#2,049
1910s42#2,693 (1917)#3,437
1920s32#3,362 (1925)#4,315
1930s19#3,109 (1933)#3,802
1940s0——
1950s7#4,837 (1956)#4,837
1960s5#6,390 (1960)#6,390
1970s27#6,619 (1971)#7,513
1980s39#5,836 (1989)#8,658
1990s21#9,336 (1991)#10,547
2000s13#12,187 (2002)#12,671

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.

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