How rare is the name Awilda?

3,550 people in the United States have the first name Awilda, about 1 in 85,079. It ranks #4,996 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AWILDA

#4,996

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,550
About
1 in 85,079
This common or more
84.8%
Who bears it

Of the 3,550 people named Awilda, 97.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% as White and 1.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Awilda peaked in 1959, when 89 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19161998
Peak year
1959
Births that year
89
In 1998
5 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,725 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Awilda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,313. The largest share of babies named Awilda, 51%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#9,75211
1920s#9,24228
1930s#11,9535
1940s#7,16346
1950s#2,432487
1960s#2,313615
1970s#3,672351
1980s#8,681125
1990s#17,79757
Greatest Generation 1901–272.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–6451%
Generation X 1965–8036.7%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–120.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Awilda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Awilda has been most common in New York (11×), New Jersey (4.6×), and Illinois (0.64×), and least common in Illinois (0.64×).

1,232 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Awilda

1 other first name also has 3,550 people.

#4,996 Jere · 3,550

Either side of Awilda

#4,992 Marleigh · 3,553#4,995 Lex · 3,551#4,996 Jere · 3,550#4,998 Maxx · 3,549

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