The first name Wilma
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a contraction of Wilhelmina.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 12 girls were named Wilma, making it the 2,278th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Wilma with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Wilma at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 41 girls born in the United States were named Wilma, the 3,705th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1925, when 4,175 were.
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.
Wilma in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Famous people named Wilma
9 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Wilma RudolphAmerican athlete (1940–1994)
- Wilma HelteläFinnish pole vaulter, born 1998
- Wilma EllesGerman actress, born 1986
- Wilma LippAustrian soprano (1925-2019)
- Wilma LabateFilm director, born 1949
- Wilma de Faria52nd Governor of Rio Grande do Norte (1945–2017)
- Wilma van HofwegenDutch swimmer, born 1971
- Wilma BurgessAmerican musician, 1939–2003
- Wilma LandkroonDutch singer, born 1957
Questions
- How popular is the name Wilma?
- In 2025, 12 girls born in England and Wales were named Wilma, ranking 2,278th.
- Is Wilma a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 99% of the 140,855 US babies named Wilma since 1880 were girls.
- When was Wilma most popular?
- 1925 in the United States, when 4,175 babies were named Wilma, its highest rank at 62nd.