How rare is the name Wilhelmina?

4,940 people in the United States have the first name Wilhelmina, about 1 in 61,140. It ranks #3,948 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WILHELMINA

#3,948

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,940
About
1 in 61,140
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,940 people named Wilhelmina, 46.3% reported their origin as White, 32.4% as Black and 11.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wilhelmina peaked in 1916, when 320 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1916
Births that year
320
In 2025*
141 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,099 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Wilhelmina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #424. The largest share of babies named Wilhelmina, 37.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#426680
1890s#4241,018
1900s#4831,137
1910s#6702,241
1920s#8862,038
1930s#1,0841,251
1940s#1,435954
1950s#1,775904
1960s#2,679475
1970s#5,102216
1980s#8,377132
1990s#10,835131
2000s#10,280195
2010s#3,642964
2020s#3,021763
Before 190113.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2737.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.6%
Baby boom 1946–6412%
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–961.6%
Generation Z 1997–123%
2013 and later12%

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 Wilhelmina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wilhelmina has been most common in South Carolina (11×), New York (2.2×), and North Carolina (2.1×), and least common in Texas (0.23×).

6,264 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 Wilhelmina

#3,946 Jaeden · 4,941#3,946 Shara · 4,941#3,949 Janay · 4,939#3,950 Fisher · 4,938

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wilhelmina, most common first.

#23,149 Wilhelmenia · 425#35,338 Wilhelmine · 228#39,517 Wilhelmena · 191

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