Wilhelmine
The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhelm's abdication during the November Revolution.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Wilhelmine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhelm's abdication during the November Revolution.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Wilhelmine
American parents first put Wilhelmine on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1896, when 20 Wilhelmines were born — ranking #707 that year. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Wilhelmines. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 525 Wilhelmines have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Wilhelmine
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Names that sound like Wilhelmine
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- Wilhelmina
- Wilhelms
- Wilhelm
- Winkleman
- Winkelman
- Winkelmann
- Willkommen
- Silliman
- Vilhelm
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About the name Wilhelmine
Wilhelmine is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 525 births in the dataset. Wilhelmine's peak popularity came in 1896 when it ranked #707. Use the chart and map above to compare Wilhelmine'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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