Girls' name · since 1916
Wilmah
Wilmah has 13 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #51,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wilmah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13 have been recorded since 1916.
Wilmah has 13 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1921.
- #51,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wilmah ranks #51,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #51,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wilmah's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wilmah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wilmah splits its recorded history at 1921: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wilmah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Wilmah by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
1920s was Wilmah's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Wilmah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wilmah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1921 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wilmah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.