Wilda

Girl · recorded 1880–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1926best year

Most popular in 1926.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

017434718801916195119872022

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 119 recorded years as a table
Wilda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880121
188256
188398
188470
188575
188697
188789
1888134
1889140
1890100
189175
1892146
1893103
1894157
1895133
1896156
1897162
1898189
1899142
1900160
1901159
1902189
1903187
1904218
1905219
1906163
1907182
1908197
1909153
1910194
1911213
1912245
1913213
1914232
1915265
1916271
1917279
1918287
1919274
1920276
1921265
1922309
1923290
1924290
1925323
1926347
1927326
1928313
1929312
1930302
1931259
1932288
1933286
1934244
1935245
1936231
1937216
1938190
1939197
1940179
1941153
1942154
1943130
1944133
1945110
194699
194783
194884
194989
195069
195166
195258
195366
195450
195546
195647
195747
195843
195930
196031
196121
196235
196327
196420
196533
196621
196720
196810
196914
197011
19718
197214
197318
19746
197512
197610
19777
19785
197911
19805
19815
19829
19837
19844
19855
19864
19873
19883
19894
19906
19913
19924
19935
19943
19953
19965
20013
20154
20223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wilda 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 2022
5
Rank in 2022
#15,306
How rare
1 in 328,026 girls
Since 1880
12,759

Wilda was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1926, at 347 per million girls born.

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

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