Wilda
Wilda is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Wilda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wilda is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Wilda
Wilda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 11 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1926: 411 births, good for #326 nationwide. About 29% of every Wilda on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Wilda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Wilda
Wilda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Wilda's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #326. Use the chart and map above to compare Wilda'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.