Welma
#18,801 most common girls' name of all time · #30,805 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1912–1945
Rank among girls
#18,801
Rank overall
#30,805 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
189
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1929 #2,269
Best rank
#2,269 1929
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Welma first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,811 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,668 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,516 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,950 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,317 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,582 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,139 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,683 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,826 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,269 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,445 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,265 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,861 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,174 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,301 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,262 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,367 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,986 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,929 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,049 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,525 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,441 |