Girls' name · since 1913
Arwilda
113 babies named Arwilda in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arwilda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 113 recorded since 1913.
Arwilda has 113 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1958.
- #25,762 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 113 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arwilda ranks #25,762 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arwilda's 113 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arwilda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arwilda splits its recorded history at 1927: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arwilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1958
- Peak year (1916)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Arwilda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (50 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Arwilda's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Arwilda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
50 births
- 1930s
1930s
27 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 50 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Arwilda's decade-level peak was the 1920s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arwilda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arwilda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.