Wilmetta — girls' name
162 babies named Wilmetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Wilmetta was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Wilmetta in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wilmetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Wilmetta between 1912 and 1946, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilmetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilmetta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wilmetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wilmetta 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 162 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.
Wilmetta at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wilmetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1912
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1946.
162 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 12 births in a single year.
Wilmetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 62 births that decade — 38% of Wilmetta's all-time total
Wilmetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Wilmetta's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1946 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.