Wilma

Boy · recorded 1908–1961

  • 1961last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Wilma.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1908

0163219081921193519481961

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Wilma, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190832
190930
191214
191329
191411
19158
191620
191719
191821
191915
192016
192119
192212
192323
192417
192524
192619
192721
192822
192927
193025
193125
193220
193321
193425
193521
193613
193723
193824
193923
194018
194118
194214
19438
194412
19457
19467
19474
19485
19504
19513
19526
19533
19543
19572
19592
19615

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wilma isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1961
10
Rank in 1961
#2,706
How rare
1 in 212,419 boys
Since 1908
754

Wilma was last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1908, at 32 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Wilma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.