Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Wilhelmina

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

320

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

65.3%

2024

111

All-time

12,952

Wilhelmina has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 320 girls were named Wilhelmina.

In 2024, only 111 girls were given the name.

Down 65.3% from its peak.

All told, about 12,952 Americans have been named Wilhelmina and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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