Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Willma

#9,117 most common girls' name of all time · #15,226 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1898–1965

Rank among girls
#9,117
Rank overall
#15,226 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
673
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,558
Best rank
#1,538 1933
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
1900192019401960

Willma first appears in 1898. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1965 6 — 6 #5,926
1962 7 — 7 #5,399
1961 5 — 5 #6,686
1959 5 — 5 #6,375
1958 7 — 7 #4,986
1956 5 — 5 #6,111
1955 5 — 5 #6,000
1954 9 — 9 #4,048
1953 7 — 7 #4,673
1952 7 — 7 #4,576
1951 12 — 12 #3,166
1950 12 — 12 #3,121
1949 15 — 15 #2,653
1948 9 — 9 #3,665
1947 10 — 10 #3,533
1946 10 — 10 #3,288
1945 7 — 7 #3,763
1944 7 — 7 #3,781
1943 13 — 13 #2,616
1942 12 — 12 #2,728
1941 9 — 9 #3,102
1940 13 — 13 #2,354
1939 16 — 16 #2,084
1938 13 — 13 #2,393
1937 20 — 20 #1,764
1936 11 — 11 #2,595
1935 11 — 11 #2,642
1934 18 — 18 #1,877
1933 24 — 24 #1,538
1932 13 — 13 #2,430
1931 22 — 22 #1,669
1930 17 — 17 #2,067
1929 9 — 9 #3,228
1928 13 — 13 #2,550
1927 20 — 20 #1,986
1926 12 — 12 #2,774
1925 9 — 9 #3,458
1924 25 — 25 #1,748
1923 16 — 16 #2,314
1922 17 — 17 #2,246
1921 15 — 15 #2,445
1920 15 — 15 #2,412
1919 22 — 22 #1,779
1918 27 — 27 #1,558
1917 18 — 18 #1,969
1916 17 — 17 #2,006
1915 17 — 17 #1,940
1914 9 — 9 #2,538
1913 8 — 8 #2,421
1912 12 — 12 #1,698
1911 5 — 5 #2,666
1910 5 — 5 #2,588
1908 7 — 7 #1,823
1906 6 — 6 #1,891
1902 7 — 7 #1,577
1898 5 — 5 #1,973