Whilma — girls' name
20 babies named Whilma in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1908. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Whilma was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Whilma in 1908 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Whilma
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Whilma between 1908 and 1928, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Whilma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1908, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Whilma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Whilma shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Whilma 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 20 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.
Whilma at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Whilma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1908
- Peak year (1908)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
20 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1908 with 5 births in a single year.
Whilma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 15 births that decade — 75% of Whilma's all-time total
Whilma decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Whilma's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1908–1928 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.