Wilma — #4028 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Wilma

The Social Security Administration has registered 140,056 babies named Wilma between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilma currently holds the #4028 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 4,175 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 39,127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wilma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 8,607 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Wilma in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilma 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 140,056 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.