Vilma

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births

Peak · girls
1927 · 213 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,989
since 1901

Vilma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vilma has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #477, 1927girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#5,79921
2023#5,39023
2022#5,79321
2021#6,41418
2020#5,85020
2019#6,41418
2018#7,40915
2017#8,29913
2016#5,79622
2015#6,72118
2014#7,30216
2013#9,03612
2012#7,14417
2011#8,61413
2010#8,27114
2009#5,09728
2008#5,01329
2007#5,70924
2006#4,35833
2005#5,11325
2004#5,96920
2003#5,41922
2002#4,49827
2001#6,95615
2000#3,98331
1999#4,31326
1998#4,23826
1997#4,37024
1996#3,42933
1995#3,28534
1994#3,16836
1993#2,99039
1992#2,97439
1991#2,35654
1990#2,49248
1989#2,33850
1988#2,53942
1987#2,36044
1986#2,68236
1985#3,08429
1984#3,42324
1983#2,43338
1982#3,17227
1981#3,06628
1980#3,13427
1979#3,07827
1978#3,28323
1977#3,36622
1976#2,93225
1975#2,02343
1974#2,21336
1973#2,68926
1972#1,92043
1971#2,13738
1970#2,12038
1969#1,60955
1968#1,74945
1967#1,92137
1966#1,46357
1965#1,51654
1964#1,22481
1963#1,29073
1962#1,13892
1961#1,25378
1960#1,11794
1959#971118
1958#1,36460
1957#1,53149
1956#1,71738
1955#1,90731
1954#1,94929
1953#1,87229
1952#1,68034
1951#1,63734
1950#1,62633
1949#1,80728
1948#2,00823
1947#1,75230
1946#1,77126
1945#1,99318
1944#1,91620
1943#1,52730
1942#1,66825
1941#1,56925
1940#1,51826
1939#1,24035
1938#1,20037
1937#1,28232
1936#95152
1935#97450
1934#86163
1933#81467
1932#73484
1931#605120
1930#560147
1929#480198
1928#520177
1927#477213
1926#669117
1925#1,02054
1924#1,44033
1923#1,21341
1922#1,28537
1921#1,11547
1920#1,31235
1919#1,17740
1918#1,07346
1917#96452
1916#1,02645
1915#1,01243
1914#94239
1913#98130
1912#89032
1911#89823
1910#1,52110
1909#1,15213
1908#1,4399
1907#1,28910
1906#1,22910
1905#1,9315
1904#1,4867
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1902#1,7935
1901#1,6795
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five girls were named Vilma! It came in at #1,679, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Vilma is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMINew York: #424 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,360 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMARhode Island: #142 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 834 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedINOhio: #484 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,592 girlsOHPennsylvania: #341 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,574 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vilma, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#142 · 1 in 834
  2. Pennsylvania#341 · 1 in 4,574
  3. New York#424 · 1 in 6,360
  4. Ohio#484 · 1 in 8,592

Best ever in a state: #102 in Rhode Island, 1931.

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Rhode Island#14251 in 834
Pennsylvania#341151 in 4,574
New York#424131 in 6,360
Ohio#48451 in 8,592
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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 Vilma
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,692 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #7,491)
  • 1,641 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #7,491)
  • 770 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1911 (#1,521 → #898)
  • Biggest drop: 331 spots in 1937 (#951 → #1,282)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1927 at #477 (213 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1926–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,598
  • Highest: 1 in 5,598 girls born in 1927 were named Vilma (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.1% of all girls named Vilma (952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s64#1,152 (1909)#1,500
1910s360#890 (1912)#1,048
1920s952#477 (1927)#953
1930s687#560 (1930)#922
1940s251#1,518 (1940)#1,753
1950s455#971 (1959)#1,625
1960s666#1,117 (1960)#1,428
1970s321#1,920 (1972)#2,576
1980s345#2,338 (1989)#2,823
1990s359#2,356 (1991)#3,362
2000s254#3,983 (2000)#5,212
2010s158#5,796 (2016)#7,501
2020s117#5,390 (2023)#6,123

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.

Vilma in 1933

girls
#814
67 births · 1 in 15,044 girls

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. #814Vilma67
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 15,044 of them was named Vilma, which outranked 83.2% 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 Vilma
  1. #808Lynda68
  2. #808Ray68
  3. #808Twyla68
  4. #814Vilma67
  5. #814Carleen67
  6. #814Carrol67
  7. #814Elois67
  8. #820Bernardine66
  9. #820Dena66
  10. #820Ethelyn66

Tied with 5 names at #814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

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.

See the top 100 for 1933 →