Wylda — girls' name
23 babies named Wylda in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Wylda was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Wylda in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wylda
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Wylda between 1922 and 1928, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wylda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wylda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wylda 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 23 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.
Wylda at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wylda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1922
- Peak year (1927)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
23 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 8 births in a single year.
Wylda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 23 births that decade — 100% of Wylda's all-time total
Wylda decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Wylda's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1922–1928 (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.