The first name Wilhelmine
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Wilhelmine at birth, 1880–2025
In 2023, 6 girls born in the United States were named Wilhelmine, the 15,079th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1896, when 20 were.
525
babies named Wilhelmine since 1880
#15,079
rank in 2023
1896
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.
Famous people named Wilhelmine
19 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-SchwarzBaltic German painter (1824-1902)
- Wilhelmine Schröder-DevrientGerman opera soprano (1804–1860)
- Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of SaganDuchess of Sagan (1781–1839)
- Wilhelmine von HillernGerman actress and writer (1836–1916)
- Wilhelmine Reichard19th century aeronaut, 1788–1848
- Wilhelmine Christiane of Saxe-Weimar(1658-1712)
- Alexandra FeodorovnaEmpress consort of Russia from 1825 to 1855 (1798–1860)
- Lotte LenyaAustrian singer and actress (1898-1981)
- Princess Ludovika of BavariaBavarian Royal (1808-1892)
- Princess Mary Adelaide of CambridgeBritish Royal (1833–1897), mother of Mary of Teck
- Duchess Elisabeth of WürttembergArchduchess of Austria (1767-1790)
- Princess Augusta of Hesse-KasselGerman aristocrat (1786–1850), Viceregal consort of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1818 to 18
Questions
- Is Wilhelmine a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 525 US babies named Wilhelmine since 1880 were girls.
- When was Wilhelmine most popular?
- 1896 in the United States, when 20 babies were named Wilhelmine, its highest rank at 727th.