first name
VILMA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,610 people named Vilma, 80.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 9.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 7.4% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Vilma peaked in 1927, when 213 babies got the name.
At least 4,989 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Vilma by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,363. The largest share of babies named Vilma, 24.2%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Vilma is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vilma has been most common in New York (4.5×), Rhode Island (4.1×), and New Jersey (2.3×), and least common in Florida (0.31×).
3,032 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.
Either side of Vilma
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vilma, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Vilma ranks #139,785 of 156,621, with 123 people. See Vilma as a last name
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