Unisex name · since 1899
Wilsie
Wilsie has 267 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 267
- born since 1899
- 1910s
- peak decade
Wilsie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 267 recorded since 1899.
Wilsie has 267 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1962.
- #16,977 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 267 born since 1899
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wilsie ranks #16,977 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 267 born since 1899, peaking in the 1910s.
- #16,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 267
- born since 1899
- 1910s
- peak decade
Wilsie's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wilsie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wilsie's full recorded timeline at 1923, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1901, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wilsie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1962
- Peak year (1918)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Wilsie popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 1912 (Wilsie as boys' name)
Wilsie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (100 births, 37% of the file).
1910s was Wilsie's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Wilsie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
100 births
- 1920s
1920s
93 births
- 1930s 31
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 100 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Wilsie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wilsie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1899–1962 (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 Wilsie 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.