Rilda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rilda

The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Rilda between 1888 and 1960, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rilda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rilda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rilda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rilda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rilda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 337 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.