Vilma
Vilma is a feminine first name. People named Vilma include:Ana Vilma de Escobar, Salvadoran politician Vilma Åhlström, Swedish curler Vilma Álvarez, Cuban softball player Vilma Bánky (1901–1991), Hungarian silent film actress Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper Vilma Beck (1810–1851), Hungarian writer and freedom fighter Vilma Charlton, Jamaican sprinter Vilma Cibulková, Czech film and…
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Finnish
- German
Meaning & Origin of Vilma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vilma is a feminine first name. People named Vilma include:Ana Vilma de Escobar, Salvadoran politician Vilma Åhlström, Swedish curler Vilma Álvarez, Cuban softball player Vilma Bánky (1901–1991), Hungarian silent film actress Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper Vilma Beck (1810–1851), Hungarian writer and freedom fighter Vilma Charlton, Jamaican sprinter Vilma Cibulková, Czech film and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Finnish
- German
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
- Hungarian
- Czech
- Slovak
- Croatian
The Story of Vilma
The earliest SSA record of Vilma as a baby girl name dates back to 1901, when 5 babies received it. 1927 was its biggest year on record, with 213 newborns named Vilma — #477 in the national rankings. As of 2026, Vilma ranks #5,694 for baby girls with 22 births, rising sharply (+30% over the past five years). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Vilma
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vilma. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Guillermina
- Helmi
- Iina
- Miina
- Mimmi
- Vilemína
- Vilhelmiina
- Vilhelmina
- Wilhelmina
- Wilhelmine
- Wilma
Names that sound like Vilma
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About the name Vilma
Vilma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1901 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Vilma's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #477. Use the chart and map above to compare Vilma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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