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Wilma Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Wilma?

The rare name Wilma was the 3,820th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Wilma, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #62 in 1925 with 4,174 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Wilma was 5 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Wilma occurred roughly during the years 1880-1892, 1893-1900, 1901-1916, 1917-1920, and 2014-2017, whereas 1951-1968, 1969-1977, and 1981-1987 were years of successive downward movement.

Where is the name Wilma popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

Wilma's popularity has been moving upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Wilma lately has risen.

The name Wilma is very unique but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Wilma has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Wilma (Girl)Wilma (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 39 3,820 < 5 --
2017 33 4,368 < 5 --
2016 22 5,960 < 5 --
2015 31 4,571 < 5 --
2014 19 6,681 < 5 --
2013 32 4,520 < 5 --
2012 24 5,696 < 5 --
2011 27 5,188 < 5 --
2010 28 5,098 < 5 --
2009 31 4,797 < 5 --
2008 26 5,564 < 5 --
2007 25 5,694 < 5 --
2006 23 5,889 < 5 --
2005 24 5,429 < 5 --
2004 27 4,945 < 5 --
2003 25 5,082 < 5 --
2002 34 3,881 < 5 --
2001 26 4,681 < 5 --
2000 27 4,520 < 5 --
1999 39 3,309 < 5 --
1998 32 3,728 < 5 --
1997 35 3,361 < 5 --
1996 32 3,565 < 5 --
1995 46 2,684 < 5 --
1994 40 2,985 < 5 --
1993 47 2,637 < 5 --
1992 45 2,731 < 5 --
1991 41 2,884 < 5 --
1990 59 2,199 < 5 --
1989 54 2,248 < 5 --
1988 50 2,273 < 5 --
1987 40 2,570 < 5 --
1986 56 1,977 < 5 --
1985 51 2,099 < 5 --
1984 53 1,960 < 5 --
1983 65 1,699 < 5 --
1982 81 1,488 < 5 --
1981 77 1,558 < 5 --
1980 79 1,517 < 5 --
1979 83 1,460 < 5 --
1978 88 1,357 < 5 --
1977 82 1,379 < 5 --
1976 102 1,147 < 5 --
1975 109 1,082 < 5 --
1974 114 1,047 < 5 --
1973 130 940 < 5 --
1972 141 896 < 5 --
1971 187 780 < 5 --
1970 202 735 < 5 --
1969 249 631 < 5 --
1968 224 649 < 5 --
1967 281 565 < 5 --
1966 339 515 < 5 --
1965 395 477 < 5 --
1964 458 458 < 5 --
1963 555 408 < 5 --
1962 583 396 < 5 --
1961 717 357 10 2,889
1960 721 362 < 5 --
1959 756 347 5 4,557
1958 889 300 < 5 --
1957 985 284 5 4,543
1956 1,082 253 < 5 --
1955 1,104 247 < 5 --
1954 1,303 223 6 3,817
1953 1,438 207 6 3,789
1952 1,421 202 11 2,510
1951 1,644 178 5 4,241
1950 1,655 171 7 3,320
1949 1,728 167 < 5 --
1948 1,742 164 9 2,783
1947 1,910 152 7 3,370
1946 1,914 145 11 2,400
1945 1,889 128 10 2,390
1944 2,127 125 17 1,733
1943 2,378 120 12 2,276
1942 2,456 114 19 1,680
1941 2,427 106 22 1,482
1940 2,621 93 21 1,520
1939 2,699 87 26 1,321
1938 2,871 85 27 1,309
1937 2,977 80 25 1,371
1936 3,123 78 13 2,061
1935 3,361 70 22 1,492
1934 3,311 73 26 1,355
1933 3,417 66 21 1,538
1932 3,611 65 21 1,581
1931 3,742 69 26 1,392
1930 4,075 68 27 1,427
1929 4,007 66 29 1,337
1928 3,936 69 24 1,565
1927 4,153 68 24 1,602
1926 4,056 67 21 1,716
1925 4,174 62 27 1,447
1924 4,064 67 19 1,892
1923 3,706 74 25 1,548
1922 3,536 77 13 2,480
1921 3,822 72 21 1,763
1920 3,671 78 17 2,050
1919 3,170 86 15 2,149
1918 3,298 82 21 1,708
1917 3,071 82 18 1,811
1916 2,962 82 18 1,769
1915 2,773 80 7 3,386
1914 1,787 95 7 2,907
1913 1,469 92 15 1,439
1912 1,241 99 6 2,533
1911 914 102 < 5 --
1910 698 119 < 5 --
1909 645 113 5 1,676
1908 630 113 5 1,581
1907 525 125 < 5 --
1906 408 147 < 5 --
1905 357 158 < 5 --
1904 352 154 < 5 --
1903 293 168 < 5 --
1902 272 173 < 5 --
1901 245 178 < 5 --
1900 285 187 < 5 --
1899 235 181 < 5 --
1898 159 232 < 5 --
1897 131 248 < 5 --
1896 105 286 < 5 --
1895 99 281 < 5 --
1894 90 292 < 5 --
1893 81 305 < 5 --
1892 86 294 < 5 --
1891 59 331 < 5 --
1890 64 316 < 5 --
1889 40 387 < 5 --
1888 37 411 < 5 --
1887 22 488 < 5 --
1886 26 431 < 5 --
1885 23 445 < 5 --
1884 17 519 < 5 --
1883 18 464 < 5 --
1882 14 506 < 5 --
1881 10 580 < 5 --
1880 5 942 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.