Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina was given to 141 girls in 2025, #1,517 among girls’ names; 13,099 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,320 Americans named Wilhelmina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 46 years old and half are between 9 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wilhelmina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Wilhelmina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Wilhelmina is “a female given name from German, masculine equivalent Wilhelm.”
Borrowed from German Wilhelmina, equivalent to Wilhelm + -ina.
/ˌwɪl.əˈmiːn.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Wilhelmina?
#1,517 among girls’ names, 2025
Wilhelmina rose from #1,608 in 2015 to #1,517 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 75.1 to 87.7 per million.
320 babies in 1916, the peak
Wilhelmina peaked in 1916, when 320 girls were given it, #345 among girls’ names. The 141 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141 | #1,517 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,809 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,541 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 136 | #1,570 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 127 | #1,650 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,829 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,641 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 126 | #1,671 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,742 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 116 | #1,798 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 134 | #1,608 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,875 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,594 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,802 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,087 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,809 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 29 | #5,090 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 23 | #6,121 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,802 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 15 | #8,214 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,516 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #8,230 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,565 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,659 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,702 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #9,134 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,823 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #10,085 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,152 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,379 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #8,057 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,778 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #8,032 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,468 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,963 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,852 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #8,015 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,654 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,759 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,598 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,339 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,283 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 14 | #5,139 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 20 | #4,023 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,956 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,513 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,331 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,928 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,907 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #5,203 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,132 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,859 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,962 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,175 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,033 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,304 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,253 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,427 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,731 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,857 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,527 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,517 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,462 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,596 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,577 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,452 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 64 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,466 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 83 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 89 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 89 | #1,072 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 95 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 88 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 93 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 126 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 123 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 76 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 114 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 107 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 93 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 86 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 88 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 105 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 98 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 82 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 105 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 123 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 108 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 108 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 92 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 111 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 135 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 129 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 139 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1931 | 132 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 169 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 179 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1928 | 174 | #527 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 190 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 183 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 227 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1924 | 198 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 227 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1922 | 216 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 230 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1920 | 214 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 210 | #461 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 239 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1917 | 279 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1916 | 320 | #345 | 0.31 |
| 1915 | 301 | #342 | 0.31 |
| 1914 | 216 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1913 | 201 | #340 | 0.32 |
| 1912 | 191 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1911 | 141 | #334 | 0.34 |
| 1910 | 143 | #321 | 0.36 |
| 1909 | 128 | #321 | 0.37 |
| 1908 | 140 | #300 | 0.42 |
| 1907 | 112 | #332 | 0.35 |
| 1906 | 109 | #322 | 0.37 |
| 1905 | 112 | #320 | 0.38 |
| 1904 | 98 | #332 | 0.36 |
| 1903 | 105 | #307 | 0.40 |
| 1902 | 112 | #300 | 0.42 |
| 1901 | 107 | #292 | 0.45 |
| 1900 | 114 | #309 | 0.38 |
| 1899 | 109 | #277 | 0.47 |
| 1898 | 106 | #302 | 0.41 |
| 1897 | 79 | #330 | 0.34 |
| 1896 | 103 | #288 | 0.43 |
| 1895 | 97 | #287 | 0.42 |
| 1894 | 94 | #286 | 0.42 |
| 1893 | 119 | #243 | 0.56 |
| 1892 | 110 | #253 | 0.52 |
| 1891 | 103 | #237 | 0.56 |
| 1890 | 98 | #253 | 0.51 |
| 1889 | 95 | #241 | 0.53 |
| 1888 | 88 | #249 | 0.49 |
| 1887 | 77 | #241 | 0.53 |
| 1886 | 66 | #258 | 0.46 |
| 1885 | 76 | #229 | 0.57 |
| 1884 | 77 | #215 | 0.60 |
| 1883 | 54 | #246 | 0.48 |
| 1882 | 62 | #220 | 0.57 |
| 1881 | 49 | #221 | 0.53 |
| 1880 | 36 | #260 | 0.40 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Wilhelmina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wilhelmina has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Wilhelmina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wilhelmina, and how old are they?
4,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 33% of the 13,099 Americans ever recorded as Wilhelmina. The median Wilhelmina alive today is 46 years old; half are between 9 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 4,940 people named Wilhelmina (4,933 women and girls, 7 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,231 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above 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 | 563 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,190 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 396 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 390 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,560 |
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 Wilhelmina born?
The states with the most babies named Wilhelmina are New York, South Carolina and Pennsylvania, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,093 | #1,309 | 1.2× |
| South Carolina | 1,017 | not ranked | 5.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 685 | #1,224 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 387 | #1,670 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 346 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 333 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 282 | #2,080 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 267 | #959 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 234 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 233 | #1,680 | 0.9× |
Where Wilhelmina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Wilhelmina is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 5.0 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 Wilhelmina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 16,542 babies since 1880, Wilhelmina is the most given (79% of them). In 2025 it was given to 141 of their 155 babies (91%), again the most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelmina | 13,099 | 141 | 1916 |
| Wilhelmenia | 1,125 | under 5 | 1944 |
| Wilhemina | 956 | 5 | 1960 |
| Wilhelmena | 769 | under 5 | 1919 |
| Wilhelmine | 525 | under 5 | 1896 |
| Willemina | 68 | 9 | 2015 |
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wilhelmina
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 Wilhelmina and names like it
- Compare Wilhelmina and WilhelmeniaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sWilhelmina peaked in 1916.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wilhelmina since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Wilhelmina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Wilhelmina.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Wilhelmina alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with WMost given first.