Vilma
Vilma was given to 14 girls in 2025, #7,859 among girls’ names; 4,989 Americans have been recorded with it since 1901 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,750 Americans named Vilma and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 32 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vilma by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vilma mean?
Wiktionary, Tagalog section
Vilma is “a female given name from English”
Borrowed from English Vilma.
/ˈvilma/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Tagalog section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vilma?
#7,859 among girls’ names, 2025
Vilma fell from #6,961 in 2015 to #7,859 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 10.1 to 8.7 per million.
213 babies in 1927, the peak
Vilma peaked in 1927, when 213 girls were given it, #478 among girls’ names. The 14 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,859 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,944 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,533 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,969 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,669 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 20 | #6,064 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,682 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,739 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,745 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,971 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #6,961 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,617 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,577 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,434 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 13 | #9,115 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,674 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,217 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,132 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,880 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,451 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,248 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,200 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,575 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,609 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,300 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 31 | #4,069 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,434 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,360 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,502 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,498 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,349 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,225 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 39 | #3,043 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 39 | #3,029 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,381 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,516 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,363 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,591 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,395 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,719 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,168 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,523 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,472 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,256 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,143 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,212 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,146 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,385 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,481 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,999 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,059 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,252 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,750 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,942 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 38 | #2,173 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,159 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,633 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,775 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,945 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 57 | #1,473 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,526 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 81 | #1,228 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,297 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 92 | #1,144 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 78 | #1,257 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 94 | #1,124 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 118 | #976 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,734 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,937 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,982 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,926 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,661 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,651 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,841 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,065 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,806 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 18 | #2,053 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,552 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,703 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,606 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,548 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,264 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 52 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 50 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 63 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 67 | #819 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 84 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 120 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 147 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 198 | #481 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 177 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 213 | #478 | 0.18 |
| 1926 | 117 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,474 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,348 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,193 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 52 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 43 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 39 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 30 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 32 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 23 | #931 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,627 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,215 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,542 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,318 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,217 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,650 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 5 | #2,032 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,930 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Vilma a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vilma has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 124 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vilma: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vilma, and how old are they?
2,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 4,989 Americans ever recorded as Vilma. The median Vilma alive today is 52 years old; half are between 32 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 19,610 people named Vilma (19,564 women and girls, 46 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,986 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 213 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 790 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 550 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 585 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 370 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 230 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vilma born?
The states with the most babies named Vilma are New York, California and Texas, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,062 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| California | 557 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Texas | 438 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 357 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 195 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 105 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 94 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Rhode Island | 46 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Massachusetts | 41 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Vilma is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vilma is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vilma with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vilma
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vilma and names like it
- Compare Vilma and NaidaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVilma peaked in 1927.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vilma since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Vilma: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Vilma.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vilma alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.