Wilhelmina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- wil-hel-MEE-na
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
Wilhelmina is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + helmet”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 1,512th for girls in the US (141 babies).
What does Wilhelmina mean?
Germanic: Dutch and German feminine of Wilhelm (William)
“will + helmet”
Queen Wilhelmina reigned over the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 and led the Dutch government in exile during the Second World War.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wilhelmina a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilhelmina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 141 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilhelmina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Wilhelmina, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th.
2025 had the most girls named Wilhelmina of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Wilhelmina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Wilhelmina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Wilhelmina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 141 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were named Wilhelmina, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,818th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 320 girls.
2025 had more girls named Wilhelmina than any year since 1930.
Half of all the girls named Wilhelmina in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilhelmina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,796 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,534 |
| 2022 | 136 | #1,560 |
| 2021 | 127 | #1,641 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,818 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,629 |
| 2018 | 126 | #1,663 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 116 | #1,785 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,600 |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,868 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,769 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,516 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,497 |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,449 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,576 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,567 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,446 |
| 1959 | 64 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,447 |
| 1957 | 83 | #1,158 |
| 1956 | 89 | #1,095 |
| 1955 | 89 | #1,070 |
| 1954 | 95 | #999 |
| 1953 | 88 | #1,025 |
| 1952 | 93 | #974 |
| 1951 | 126 | #792 |
| 1950 | 123 | #781 |
| 1949 | 76 | #1,022 |
| 1948 | 114 | #809 |
| 1947 | 107 | #847 |
| 1946 | 93 | #856 |
| 1945 | 86 | #816 |
| 1944 | 88 | #812 |
| 1943 | 105 | #756 |
| 1942 | 98 | #762 |
| 1941 | 82 | #798 |
| 1940 | 105 | #675 |
| 1939 | 123 | #608 |
| 1938 | 108 | #659 |
| 1937 | 108 | #655 |
| 1936 | 92 | #695 |
| 1935 | 111 | #617 |
| 1934 | 135 | #554 |
| 1933 | 129 | #563 |
| 1932 | 139 | #552 |
| 1931 | 132 | #575 |
| 1930 | 169 | #518 |
| 1929 | 179 | #505 |
| 1928 | 174 | #527 |
| 1927 | 190 | #509 |
| 1926 | 183 | #514 |
| 1925 | 227 | #459 |
| 1924 | 198 | #501 |
| 1923 | 227 | #455 |
| 1922 | 216 | #465 |
| 1921 | 230 | #456 |
| 1920 | 214 | #463 |
| 1919 | 210 | #459 |
| 1918 | 239 | #427 |
| 1917 | 279 | #382 |
| 1916 | 320 | #344 |
| 1915 | 301 | #341 |
| 1914 | 216 | #360 |
| 1913 | 201 | #340 |
| 1912 | 191 | #327 |
| 1911 | 141 | #334 |
| 1910 | 143 | #319 |
| 1909 | 128 | #320 |
| 1908 | 140 | #299 |
| 1907 | 112 | #329 |
| 1906 | 109 | #321 |
| 1905 | 112 | #319 |
| 1904 | 98 | #330 |
| 1903 | 105 | #306 |
| 1902 | 112 | #298 |
| 1901 | 107 | #289 |
| 1900 | 114 | #309 |
| 1899 | 109 | #275 |
| 1898 | 106 | #300 |
| 1897 | 79 | #330 |
| 1896 | 103 | #288 |
| 1895 | 97 | #286 |
| 1894 | 94 | #285 |
| 1893 | 119 | #241 |
| 1892 | 110 | #253 |
| 1891 | 103 | #236 |
| 1890 | 98 | #252 |
| 1889 | 95 | #240 |
| 1888 | 88 | #247 |
| 1887 | 77 | #240 |
| 1886 | 66 | #255 |
| 1885 | 76 | #227 |
| 1884 | 77 | #215 |
| 1883 | 54 | #244 |
| 1882 | 62 | #217 |
| 1881 | 49 | #219 |
| 1880 | 36 | #254 |
Nicknames for Wilhelmina
Names like Wilhelmina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda, Ada, Etta, Lottie, Ophelia, Amelia, Ella, Ottilie, Henrietta, Eliza, Eva, Aurelia
Names related to Wilhelmina
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Wilhelmina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilhelmina, updated 20 October 2026.