Wilva — girls' name
40 babies named Wilva in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Wilva was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Wilva in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wilva
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Wilva between 1912 and 1938, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wilva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilva performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wilva shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wilva 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 40 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.
Wilva at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wilva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1912
- Peak year (1916)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
40 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 7 births in a single year.
Wilva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 23 births that decade — 57% of Wilva's all-time total
Wilva decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Wilva's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1912–1938 (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.