Wilma
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Wilma is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Wilma mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a contraction of Wilhelmina.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Wilma a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Wilma, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Wilma of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Wilma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Wilma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Wilma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,644th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Wilma, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1925, with 4,175 girls.
Half of all the girls named Wilma in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,922 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,689 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,474 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,528 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1979 | 83 | #1,454 |
| 1978 | 88 | #1,347 |
| 1977 | 82 | #1,370 |
| 1976 | 102 | #1,145 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,074 |
| 1974 | 114 | #1,042 |
| 1973 | 130 | #934 |
| 1972 | 142 | #888 |
| 1971 | 187 | #777 |
| 1970 | 202 | #731 |
| 1969 | 249 | #630 |
| 1968 | 224 | #648 |
| 1967 | 281 | #565 |
| 1966 | 339 | #515 |
| 1965 | 396 | #477 |
| 1964 | 458 | #456 |
| 1963 | 556 | #408 |
| 1962 | 582 | #396 |
| 1961 | 717 | #355 |
| 1960 | 724 | #362 |
| 1959 | 754 | #349 |
| 1958 | 890 | #300 |
| 1957 | 986 | #282 |
| 1956 | 1,086 | #253 |
| 1955 | 1,100 | #248 |
| 1954 | 1,303 | #223 |
| 1953 | 1,435 | #207 |
| 1952 | 1,423 | #202 |
| 1951 | 1,644 | #178 |
| 1950 | 1,655 | #171 |
| 1949 | 1,726 | #167 |
| 1948 | 1,742 | #164 |
| 1947 | 1,910 | #152 |
| 1946 | 1,914 | #144 |
| 1945 | 1,890 | #128 |
| 1944 | 2,128 | #124 |
| 1943 | 2,377 | #120 |
| 1942 | 2,457 | #114 |
| 1941 | 2,427 | #106 |
| 1940 | 2,621 | #93 |
| 1939 | 2,701 | #87 |
| 1938 | 2,871 | #85 |
| 1937 | 2,977 | #80 |
| 1936 | 3,123 | #78 |
| 1935 | 3,361 | #70 |
| 1934 | 3,311 | #73 |
| 1933 | 3,417 | #66 |
| 1932 | 3,611 | #65 |
| 1931 | 3,741 | #69 |
| 1930 | 4,075 | #68 |
| 1929 | 4,007 | #66 |
| 1928 | 3,937 | #69 |
| 1927 | 4,153 | #68 |
| 1926 | 4,054 | #67 |
| 1925 | 4,175 | #62 |
| 1924 | 4,066 | #67 |
| 1923 | 3,706 | #74 |
| 1922 | 3,535 | #77 |
| 1921 | 3,824 | #72 |
| 1920 | 3,670 | #78 |
| 1919 | 3,170 | #86 |
| 1918 | 3,298 | #82 |
| 1917 | 3,071 | #82 |
| 1916 | 2,962 | #82 |
| 1915 | 2,773 | #80 |
| 1914 | 1,788 | #95 |
| 1913 | 1,469 | #92 |
| 1912 | 1,241 | #99 |
| 1911 | 914 | #102 |
| 1910 | 698 | #118 |
| 1909 | 645 | #112 |
| 1908 | 630 | #113 |
| 1907 | 525 | #125 |
| 1906 | 408 | #146 |
| 1905 | 357 | #158 |
| 1904 | 352 | #154 |
| 1903 | 293 | #168 |
| 1902 | 272 | #173 |
| 1901 | 245 | #178 |
| 1900 | 285 | #187 |
| 1899 | 235 | #181 |
| 1898 | 159 | #232 |
| 1897 | 131 | #245 |
| 1896 | 105 | #286 |
| 1895 | 99 | #281 |
| 1894 | 90 | #290 |
| 1893 | 81 | #305 |
| 1892 | 86 | #292 |
| 1891 | 59 | #325 |
| 1890 | 64 | #315 |
| 1889 | 40 | #381 |
| 1888 | 37 | #403 |
| 1887 | 22 | #471 |
| 1886 | 26 | #424 |
| 1885 | 23 | #438 |
| 1884 | 17 | #501 |
| 1883 | 18 | #451 |
| 1882 | 14 | #493 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Wilma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Etta, Lottie, Ida, Matilda, Martha, Nina, Billie, Harriet, Winnie, Willa, Hattie
Names related to Wilma
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Wilma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilma, updated 20 October 2026.