Welma
- Last seen for girls in 1945 at #4,556
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 189since 1912
Welma over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Welma has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
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| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
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| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
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| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Welma! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Welma is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Welma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1945
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1929 at #2,191 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 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 74,437
- Highest: 1 in 74,437 girls born in 1929 were named Welma (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 261,418 girls born in 1945 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 46.0% of all girls named Welma (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 46 | #2,331 (1913) | #3,143 |
| 1920s | 87 | #2,191 (1929) | #3,263 |
| 1930s | 44 | #3,159 (1934) | #3,787 |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,503 (1940) | #4,030 |
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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