Wilhemina — #15290 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Wilhemina

The Social Security Administration has registered 951 babies named Wilhemina between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilhemina currently holds the #15290 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilhemina performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 226 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Wilhemina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Wilhemina in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilhemina 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 951 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.