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
- Peak · girls
- 1926 · 411 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,759since 1880
Wilda over time
Rank among girls' names. Wilda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,437 | 59 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,547 | 53 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,344 | 68 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,768 | 42 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,370 | 61 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,136 | 87 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,063 | 96 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,056 | 94 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,062 | 90 | — | |
| 1954 | #984 | 98 | — | |
| 1953 | #832 | 124 | — | |
| 1952 | #893 | 107 | — | |
| 1951 | #824 | 118 | — | |
| 1950 | #798 | 118 | — | |
| 1949 | #679 | 152 | — | |
| 1948 | #696 | 143 | — | |
| 1947 | #697 | 147 | — | |
| 1946 | #631 | 156 | — | |
| 1945 | #600 | 144 | — | |
| 1944 | #542 | 177 | — | |
| 1943 | #558 | 182 | — | |
| 1942 | #514 | 208 | — | |
| 1941 | #509 | 185 | — | |
| 1940 | #469 | 205 | — | |
| 1939 | #453 | 216 | — | |
| 1938 | #465 | 210 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #426 | 230 | — | |
| 1936 | #416 | 240 | — | |
| 1935 | #403 | 257 | — | |
| 1934 | #411 | 255 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #379 | 288 | — | |
| 1932 | #363 | 307 | — | |
| 1931 | #394 | 276 | — | |
| 1930 | #365 | 340 | — | |
| 1929 | #349 | 348 | — | |
| 1928 | #360 | 361 | — | |
| 1927 | #339 | 389 | — | |
| 1926 | #326 | 411 | — | |
| 1925 | #339 | 393 | — | |
| 1924 | #360 | 362 | — | |
| 1923 | #354 | 350 | — | |
| 1922 | #336 | 371 | — | |
| 1921 | #372 | 327 | — | |
| 1920 | #359 | 331 | — | |
| 1919 | #366 | 310 | — | |
| 1918 | #355 | 332 | — | |
| 1917 | #361 | 302 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #367 | 283 | — | |
| 1915 | #373 | 261 | — | |
| 1914 | #395 | 177 | — | |
| 1913 | #427 | 133 | — | |
| 1912 | #395 | 137 | — | |
| 1911 | #430 | 89 | — | |
| 1910 | #457 | 77 | — | |
| 1909 | #516 | 53 | — | |
| 1908 | #444 | 66 | — | |
| 1907 | #468 | 58 | — | |
| 1906 | #499 | 48 | — | |
| 1905 | #423 | 64 | — | |
| 1904 | #418 | 60 | — | |
| 1903 | #457 | 49 | — | |
| 1902 | #440 | 50 | — | |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 | — | |
| 1900 | #489 | 48 | — | |
| 1899 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1898 | #437 | 49 | — | |
| 1897 | #468 | 38 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #530 | 31 | — | |
| 1894 | #475 | 35 | — | |
| 1893 | #614 | 22 | — | |
| 1892 | #489 | 31 | — | |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 | — | |
| 1889 | #499 | 25 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
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 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#152 · 1 in 767
- Utah#157 · 1 in 663
- Ohio#184 · 1 in 1,300
- Pennsylvania#215 · 1 in 2,076
- Kansas#228 · 1 in 1,496
Best ever in a state: #89 in West Virginia, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #152 | 21 | 1 in 767 |
| Utah | #157 | 7 | 1 in 663 |
| Ohio | #184 | 39 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Pennsylvania | #215 | 45 | 1 in 2,076 |
| Kansas | #228 | 10 | 1 in 1,496 |
| Nebraska | #239 | 8 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Missouri | #262 | 16 | 1 in 1,785 |
| Iowa | #275 | 10 | 1 in 2,063 |
| Illinois | #292 | 20 | 1 in 2,912 |
| Louisiana | #308 | 10 | 1 in 1,876 |
| California | #328 | 8 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Oklahoma | #342 | 8 | 1 in 2,476 |
| Alabama | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,974 |
| Michigan | #480 | 5 | 1 in 6,834 |
| North Carolina | #481 | 5 | 1 in 6,301 |
| Texas | #519 | 12 | 1 in 3,939 |
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| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Wilda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1892 (#727 → #489)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1884 (#579 → #731)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #326 (411 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1882–1954
- 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%)
- 28.6% of all girls named Wilda (3,643) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 123 | #499 (1889) | #621 |
| 1890s | 309 | #437 (1898) | #533 |
| 1900s | 534 | #418 (1904) | #464 |
| 1910s | 2,101 | #355 (1918) | #393 |
| 1920s | 3,643 | #326 (1926) | #349 |
| 1930s | 2,619 | #363 (1932) | #408 |
| 1940s | 1,699 | #469 (1940) | #590 |
| 1950s | 993 | #798 (1950) | #1,002 |
| 1960s | 431 | #1,344 (1962) | #1,932 |
| 1970s | 154 | #2,689 (1973) | #4,487 |
| 1980s | 82 | #4,716 (1982) | #8,181 |
| 1990s | 52 | #6,867 (1990) | #10,572 |
| 2000s | 6 | #13,521 (2001) | #13,521 |
| 2010s | 8 | #11,835 (2015) | #11,835 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 3,580 of them was named Wilda, which outranked 93.2% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Wilda, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.