How Many People Are Named Wilda?
people named Wilda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 109,091 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,774 babies named Wilda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
411 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown, perhaps from a German surname, or perhaps from the English word wild. It has been in use since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Wilda (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilda alive today is about 75 years old, and 87% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1926, to 411 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Wilda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #327, in 1926.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #327 (1926) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #350 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilda were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 213 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wilda was given 6.9 times as often in West Virginia, 3.5 times in Louisiana and 2.3 times in Kansas.
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