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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#156 · 1 in 823
- Missouri#248 · 1 in 1,998
- Tennessee#255 · 1 in 1,761
- Louisiana#267 · 1 in 1,463
- Maryland#281 · 1 in 2,600
Best ever in a state: #89 in West Virginia, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #156 | 23 | 1 in 823 |
| Missouri | #248 | 14 | 1 in 1,998 |
| Tennessee | #255 | 16 | 1 in 1,761 |
| Louisiana | #267 | 16 | 1 in 1,463 |
| Maryland | #281 | 5 | 1 in 2,600 |
| Kansas | #285 | 5 | 1 in 2,461 |
| Kentucky | #303 | 12 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Alabama | #377 | 8 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Arkansas | #377 | 6 | 1 in 3,186 |
| Georgia | #395 | 8 | 1 in 3,969 |
| Virginia | #398 | 5 | 1 in 4,945 |
| Mississippi | #406 | 6 | 1 in 3,769 |
| Pennsylvania | #425 | 11 | 1 in 6,818 |
| Ohio | #431 | 8 | 1 in 6,588 |
| North Carolina | #506 | 5 | 1 in 7,532 |
| Texas | #533 | 13 | 1 in 4,623 |
| Illinois | #630 | 5 | 1 in 11,252 |
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| 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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 5,578 of them was named Wilda, which outranked 90.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.