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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Wilda

Wilda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1926, when it ranked 327th with 411 babies. More babies were named Wilda in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1926411 babies
Total since 1880
12,774babies recorded

Wilda popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 15 since 1917.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#7,29012
1980#8,1598
1970#3,43219
1960#1,39263
1950#802118
1940#469205
1930#365340
1920#359331
1910#45777
1900#49248
1890#61519
1880#54611

How popular is Wilda, counting every spelling?

Wilda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Wilda?

About 3,000 people born in the US named Wilda are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 68 and 85. That makes Wilda a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Wilda by state

How common Wilda was among girls born in each state in 1924–1928, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (5.6×), Louisiana (2.8×), Kansas (2.5×), Oklahoma (2.4×), Ohio (2.0×). In 20 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesME0.15Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesWA0.21Idaho: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesID0.28Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesIL0.20Michigan: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesMI0.28New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesOR0.38Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesIA0.26Indiana: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesIN0.49Ohio: 0.64 per 1,000 babiesOH0.64Pennsylvania: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesPA0.35New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesCA0.29Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesCO0.30Nebraska: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesNE0.55Missouri: 0.62 per 1,000 babiesMO0.62Kentucky: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesKY0.39West Virginia: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesWV1.8Virginia: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesVA0.21Maryland: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesMD0.29Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.81 per 1,000 babiesKS0.81Arkansas: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesAR0.52Tennessee: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesTN0.33North Carolina: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesNC0.15South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.76 per 1,000 babiesOK0.76Louisiana: 0.89 per 1,000 babiesLA0.89Mississippi: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesMS0.41Alabama: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesAL0.30Georgia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesGA0.15Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesTX0.39Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Wilda, girls, 1924–1928. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Wilda: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wilda, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Wilda

How popular is the name Wilda?

Wilda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1926, when it ranked 327th with 411 babies. More babies were named Wilda in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Wilda a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Wilda in the US.

Where was Wilda most popular?

In 1924–1928, Wilda was most common in West Virginia (1.79 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Kansas.