Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Wilda

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Wilda
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1926

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

411

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

12,758

Wilda is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 411 girls were named Wilda.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 12,758 Americans have been named Wilda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1926

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