How rare is the name Wilma?

49,398 people in the United States have the first name Wilma, about 1 in 6,114. It ranks #914 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WILMA

#914

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,398
About
1 in 6,114
This common or more
68.7%
Who bears it

Of the 49,398 people named Wilma, 74.5% reported their origin as White, 12.6% as Black and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wilma peaked in 1925, when 4,202 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1925
Births that year
4,202
In 2025*
41 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 140,855 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.

Wilma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #119. The largest share of babies named Wilma, 40.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#823212
1890s#4041,109
1900s#2134,022
1910s#14921,491
1920s#11939,347
1930s#13733,422
1940s#24921,320
1950s#43412,321
1960s#8154,536
1970s#1,7421,239
1980s#2,986609
1990s#4,816418
2000s#7,878285
2010s#7,996300
2020s#6,858224
Before 19011.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2740.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4539.3%
Baby boom 1946–6416.1%
Generation X 1965–802%
Millennials 1981–960.6%
Generation Z 1997–120.3%
2013 and later0.3%

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 Wilma is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wilma has been most common in Kentucky (3.5×), West Virginia (3.5×), and Oklahoma (3.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.15×).

131,676 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 Wilma

#912 Damien · 49,449#913 Alfonso · 49,412#915 Aimee · 49,383#916 Dwight · 49,320

Spelled almost the same

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

#23,544 Wilna · 415#27,021 Willma · 341

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