Vilma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VIL-muh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Vilma is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + helmet”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Vilma mean?
Germanic: form of Wilma, short for Wilhelmina
“will + helmet”
The form of Wilma used in Spanish, Hungarian, Czech and other languages; Wilma is short for Wilhelmina.
Is Vilma a girl's or a boy's name?
Vilma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vilma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Vilma, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1927, with 213 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
2025 had fewer girls named Vilma than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Vilma in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vilma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,920 |
| 1971 | 38 | #2,137 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,609 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,516 |
| 1964 | 81 | #1,224 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,290 |
| 1962 | 92 | #1,138 |
| 1961 | 78 | #1,252 |
| 1960 | 94 | #1,116 |
| 1959 | 118 | #970 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,363 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,530 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,716 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,906 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,948 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,625 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,806 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,751 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,770 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,526 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,667 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,569 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,518 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,200 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1936 | 52 | #951 |
| 1935 | 50 | #974 |
| 1934 | 63 | #861 |
| 1933 | 67 | #814 |
| 1932 | 84 | #734 |
| 1931 | 120 | #605 |
| 1930 | 147 | #560 |
| 1929 | 198 | #480 |
| 1928 | 177 | #520 |
| 1927 | 213 | #477 |
| 1926 | 117 | #669 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,020 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,285 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,115 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,177 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1917 | 52 | #964 |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,026 |
| 1915 | 43 | #1,012 |
| 1914 | 39 | #942 |
| 1913 | 30 | #981 |
| 1912 | 32 | #890 |
| 1911 | 23 | #898 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
Names like Vilma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vera Zelda Ramona Billie Marcella Linda Virginia Priscilla Willa Paula Gloria Veda
Names related to Vilma
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vilma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vilma, updated 20 October 2026.