Wilda

Where Wilda comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wilda.

  • Vowel-ended
Wilda through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #518 among girls, with 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1894
    Wilda Bennett born
    American actress
  3. 1926
    Peak, #326
    411 babies named Wilda, the most in any year.
  4. 1940
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #469.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Wilda Bennett · American actress, 1894–1967

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