Wilhelmina — #1798 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Wilhelmina

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,952 babies named Wilhelmina between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilhelmina currently holds the #1798 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 320 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilhelmina performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 2,241 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wilhelmina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,082 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Wilhelmina in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilhelmina 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 12,952 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.