Wilmina — girls' name
153 babies named Wilmina in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Wilmina was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Wilmina in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wilmina
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Wilmina between 1913 and 1944, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilmina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilmina performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wilmina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wilmina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wilmina 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 153 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.
Wilmina at a glance
Last recorded 1944Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wilmina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1913
- Peak year (1915)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1944.
153 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 19 births in a single year.
Wilmina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 67 births that decade — 44% of Wilmina's all-time total
Wilmina decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Wilmina's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Wilmina by state
Where Wilmina concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Iowa | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 153 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Iowa 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Iowa accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–1944 (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.