Baby name

Wilda

Girl

Classic name

1926 was its best year: 411 births, or 1 baby in 5,586. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 119 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

12,759births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 326rank at its peak, in 1926

Where babies named Wilda are born

1926

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The darker the blue, the more common Wilda is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Wilda is most common in West Virginia (9.1 times), Louisiana (3.6) and Oklahoma (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Wilma 140,101
Hilda 81,022
Willa 32,824
Gilda 10,078
Nilda 3,244
Tilda 2,040

Names from the same era

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