Wilda

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1926 · 411 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,759
since 1880

Wilda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Wilda has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #326, 1926girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2024——
2023——
2022#15,3065—
2021——
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2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015#11,8358—
2014——
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2011——
2010——
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2007——
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2002——
2001#13,5216—
2000——
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996#9,5818—
1995#11,7836—
1994#13,4305—
1993#8,7199—
1992#10,4797—
1991#13,1475—
1990#6,86712—
1989#9,6817—
1988#11,7985—
1987#11,3255—
1986#8,5237—
1985#7,5638—
1984#8,1537—
1983#5,82411—
1982#4,71615—
1981#6,8049—
1980#7,4188—
1979#4,23117—
1978#7,6497—
1977#5,88810—
1976#4,36314—
1975#3,77417—
1974#5,7769—
1973#2,68926—
1972#3,06221—
1971#4,12314—
1970#3,31119—
1969#2,76823—
1968#3,16917—
1967#2,03933—
1966#1,91636—
1965#1,43759—
1964#1,94737—
1963#1,54753—
1962#1,34468—
1961#1,76842—
1960#1,38563—
1959#1,37061—
1958#1,13687—
1957#1,06396—
1956#1,05694—
1955#1,06290—
1954#98498—
1953#832124—
1952#893107—
1951#824118—
1950#798118—
1949#679152—
1948#696143—
1947#697147—
1946#631156—
1945#600144—
1944#542177—
1943#558182—
1942#514208—
1941#509185—
1940#469205—
1939#453216—
1938#465210#3,5345
1937#426230—
1936#416240—
1935#403257—
1934#411255#3,6795
1933#379288—
1932#363307—
1931#394276—
1930#365340—
1929#349348—
1928#360361—
1927#339389—
1926#326411—
1925#339393—
1924#360362—
1923#354350—
1922#336371—
1921#372327—
1920#359331—
1919#366310—
1918#355332—
1917#361302#3,9815
1916#367283—
1915#373261—
1914#395177—
1913#427133—
1912#395137—
1911#43089—
1910#45777—
1909#51653—
1908#44466—
1907#46858—
1906#49948—
1905#42364—
1904#41860—
1903#45749—
1902#44050—
1901#48738—
1900#48948—
1899#51433—
1898#43749—
1897#46838—
1896#47837—
1895#53031—
1894#47535—
1893#61422—
1892#48931—
1891#72714—
1890#59919—
1889#49925—
1888#51224—
1887#63313—
1886#60614—
1885#69510—
1884#7319—
1883#57911—
1882#8136—
1881——
1880#51811—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilda was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Wilda is popular in 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Wilda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1892 (#727 → #489)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1884 (#579 → #731)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1926 at #326 (411 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1882–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,884
  • Highest: 1 in 2,884 girls born in 1926 were named Wilda (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.6% of all girls named Wilda (3,643) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s123#499 (1889)#621
1890s309#437 (1898)#533
1900s534#418 (1904)#464
1910s2,101#355 (1918)#393
1920s3,643#326 (1926)#349
1930s2,619#363 (1932)#408
1940s1,699#469 (1940)#590
1950s993#798 (1950)#1,002
1960s431#1,344 (1962)#1,932
1970s154#2,689 (1973)#4,487
1980s82#4,716 (1982)#8,181
1990s52#6,867 (1990)#10,572
2000s6#13,521 (2001)#13,521
2010s8#11,835 (2015)#11,835
2020s5#15,306 (2022)#15,306

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.

Wilda in 1904

girls
#418
60 births · 1 in 4,589 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #418Wilda60
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 4,589 of them was named Wilda, which outranked 80.7% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilda
  1. #412Hortense61
  2. #412Iola61
  3. #412Melba61
  4. #418Wilda60
  5. #418Arline60
  6. #418Cynthia60
  7. #421Arlene59
  8. #421Clare59
  9. #421Elise59

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →