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Vilma

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Vilma is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 478th, in 1927.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
210.00% of girls
Peak year
1927213 births
Best rank
#478in 1927
Since 1901
4,975people given the name
Babies named Vilma, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

4,975 girls have been named Vilma in the United States since 1901, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 213 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Vilma
1900s64
1910s360
1920s952
1930s687
1940s251
1950s455
1960s666
1970s321
1980s345
1990s359
2000s254
2010s158
2020s103

In 1927, its biggest year

Vilma was the 478th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.

Names that rose and fell with Vilma

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.