Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Wilhelmina

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Resolute protector
English
Desires peace
German
Resolute or peaceful
Teutonic
Resolute peace

Syllables

4

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Wilhelmina

Pronunciation

wi-lhelmi-na, wilhe(l)-mina

Celebrity Babies

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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1935 (rank #3645, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1916 (rank #344, 320 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1512, 141 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–141
2024–111
2023–139
2022–136
2021–127
2020–108
2019–130
2018–126
2017–122
2016–116

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #1639, 18 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202518
202410
20236
202210
20217
202011
20195
20189
20179
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #3332, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20233
20224
20214
20204
20195
2018–
20177
2016–
20155
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #289, 8 births); most recent 1963 (rank #399, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence