Girls' name · since 1917
Jilda
Jilda has 293 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jilda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 293 have been recorded since 1917.
Jilda has 293 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1996.
- #16,106 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 293 born since 1917
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jilda ranks #16,106 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 293 born since 1917, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jilda's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jilda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jilda's full recorded timeline at 1950, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1950 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1996
- Peak year (1950)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Jilda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (97 births, 33% of the file).
1950s was Jilda's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jilda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s 38
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s
1940s
50 births
- 1950s
1950s
97 births
- 1960s
1960s
49 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 97 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jilda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1990s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jilda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~79 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, 1917–1996 (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 Jilda 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.