Wilhelmine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wilhelmine

The Social Security Administration has registered 525 babies named Wilhelmine between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilhelmine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1896, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilhelmine performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Wilhelmine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wilhelmine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilhelmine 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 525 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.