Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wilda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wilda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wilda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wilda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wilda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wilda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 11 0.000054595 11 100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 14 0.000054834 14 100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 100%
1888 24 0.000080141 24 100%
1889 25 0.000086521 25 100%
1890 19 0.000063039 19 100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 100%
1892 31 0.000092711 31 100%
1893 22 0.000067646 22 100%
1894 35 0.000103339 35 100%
1895 31 0.000088314 31 100%
1896 37 0.000103501 37 100%
1897 38 0.000109524 38 100%
1898 49 0.000128456 49 100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 100%
1900 48 0.000106606 48 100%
1901 38 0.000109886 38 100%
1902 50 0.000129288 50 100%
1903 49 0.000128541 49 100%
1904 60 0.000148704 60 100%
1905 64 0.000150971 64 100%
1906 48 0.000112031 48 100%
1907 58 0.000124627 58 100%
1908 66 0.000135066 66 100%
1909 53 0.000103673 53 100%
1910 77 0.000130351 77 100%
1911 89 0.000138139 89 100%
1912 137 0.000138655 137 100%
1913 133 0.000116963 133 100%
1914 177 0.00012497 177 100%
1915 261 0.000142434 261 100%
1916 283 0.000146297 283 100%
1917 307 0.000152984 302 5 97%
1918 332 0.000152917 332 100%
1919 310 0.000146902 310 100%
1920 331 0.000146289 331 100%
1921 327 0.000140073 327 100%
1922 371 0.000162068 371 100%
1923 350 0.00015201 350 100%
1924 362 0.000151998 362 100%
1925 393 0.000168431 393 100%
1926 411 0.000179014 411 100%
1927 389 0.000167719 389 100%
1928 361 0.000159668 361 100%
1929 348 0.000158747 348 100%
1930 340 0.000152927 340 100%
1931 276 0.000131155 276 100%
1932 307 0.000145409 307 100%
1933 288 0.00014404 288 100%
1934 260 0.000125192 255 5 96%
1935 257 0.000122972 257 100%
1936 239 0.000115038 239 100%
1937 230 0.000107947 230 100%
1938 215 0.000097172 210 5 95%
1939 216 0.000098028 216 100%
1940 205 0.000089027 205 100%
1941 185 0.000075931 185 100%
1942 208 0.00007614 208 100%
1943 182 0.00006448 182 100%
1944 177 0.000065797 177 100%
1945 144 0.00005428 144 100%
1946 156 0.000048822 156 100%
1947 147 0.000040807 147 100%
1948 143 0.000041419 143 100%
1949 152 0.000043618 152 100%
1950 118 0.000033682 118 100%
1951 118 0.000032033 118 100%
1952 107 0.000028173 107 100%
1953 124 0.000032177 124 100%
1954 98 0.000024619 98 100%
1955 90 0.000022415 90 100%
1956 94 0.000022799 94 100%
1957 96 0.000022845 96 100%
1958 87 0.000021045 87 100%
1959 61 0.000014671 61 100%
1960 63 0.000015167 63 100%
1961 42 0.000010139 42 100%
1962 68 0.000016851 68 100%
1963 53 0.00001339 53 100%
1964 37 0.000009517 37 100%
1965 59 0.000016274 59 100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 100%
1967 33 0.00000972 33 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 23 0.000006618 23 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 100%
1973 26 0.000008618 26 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%

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