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The first name Wilda

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Wilda at birth, 1880–2025

In 2022, 5 girls born in the United States were named Wilda, the 17,616th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1926, when 411 were.

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12,774
babies named Wilda since 1880
#17,616
rank in 2022
1926
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Questions

Is Wilda a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 12,774 US babies named Wilda since 1880 were girls.
When was Wilda most popular?
1926 in the United States, when 411 babies were named Wilda, its highest rank at 327th.