The baby name Wilma is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈwɪlmə/ (WIL-muh).
Wilma is Germanic in Origin.
The baby name Wilma is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈwɪlmə/ (WIL-muh).
Wilma is Germanic in Origin.
Wilma is the concise feminine form of Wilhelmina, itself from the Germanic Wilhelm (wil “will, desire” + helm “helmet, protection”), yielding the meaning “resolute protector.” It developed as an independent given name in German- and Dutch-speaking regions and spread to English and the Nordic languages in the late 19th century.
It enjoyed early-20th-century favor in the United States and Britain, then faded mid-century; the cartoon character Wilma Flintstone kept the name familiar. Contemporary revivals have occurred in parts of Europe, especially Scandinavia, where Wilma/Vilma has ranked highly in recent decades. Variants and cognates include Wilhelmina, Wilhelmine, Vilhelmina, and Vilma (common in Spanish, Italian, Slavic, and Finnish usage), with related diminutives Mina, Minnie, and Willie; Willa is a stylistically modern cousin from the same root. The name blends sturdy heritage with a friendly, vintage sound.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 411 |
| Ireland | Girls | 1974 | #1 | — | 494 |
| FJ | Girls | 0 | #9 | 1 | 583 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #19 | 8,406 | 5,933 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #20 | 356 | 1,568 |
| NA | 0 | #31 | 3 | 2,537 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| HN | Girls | 0 | #38 | 1 | 884 |
| PR | 0 | #52 | 4 | 1,497 | |
| AO | 0 | #75 | 3 | 2,729 | |
| Norway | Girls | 2025 | #82 | 49 | 453 |
| PH | 0 | #84 | 13 | 5,607 | |
| RS | 0 | #84 | 1 | 923 | |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #89 | 2,129 | 9,488 |
| JM | 0 | #91 | 3 | 3,714 | |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| NL | 0 | #99 | 425 | 2,481 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #101 | 2 | 3,319 |
| QA | 0 | #103 | 4 | 7,011 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #105 | 58 | 3,171 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #111 | 4 | 5,459 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #113 | 118 | 7,146 |
| KW | 0 | #116 | 6 | 5,216 | |
| EC | 0 | #119 | 3 | 2,502 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #122 | 4 | 3,755 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #131 | 5 | 1,786 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #131 | 83 | 4,575 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| PA | 0 | #137 | 2 | 3,797 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #147 | 298 | 13,098 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #150 | 4 | 3,773 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #176 | 10 | 4,850 |
| PR | Boys | 0 | #178 | 1 | 2,508 |
| AE | 0 | #179 | 9 | 10,220 | |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #192 | 290 | 1,368 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #197 | 4 | 1,904 |
| DK | 0 | #204 | 3 | 5,198 | |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #207 | 33 | 3,650 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #211 | 1,960 | 3,895 |
| BO | 0 | #212 | 184 | 6,868 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #223 | 5 | 4,141 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #225 | 1 | 3,308 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #225 | 27 | 7,056 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #228 | 89 | 15,378 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #230 | 2 | 3,559 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #235 | 11 | 6,592 |
| PT | 0 | #247 | 4 | 4,161 | |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #248 | 2 | 6,293 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #250 | 10 | 7,507 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| Finland | 0 | #262 | 46 | 830 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #262 | 2,371 | 25,928 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #267 | 263 | 19,177 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| SG | 0 | #275 | 8 | 11,010 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #281 | 5 | 2,795 |
| IL | 0 | #281 | 2 | 6,291 | |
| SA | 0 | #281 | 15 | 10,560 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #281 | 9 | 8,139 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #292 | 3 | 3,687 |
| ZA | 0 | #295 | 153 | 14,421 | |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #297 | 128 | 1,885 |
| PE | 0 | #300 | 11 | 6,350 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #307 | 10 | 7,429 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #311 | 86 | 15,987 |
| BR | 0 | #319 | 27 | 5,969 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #332 | 6 | 6,973 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #332 | 8 | 7,570 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #342 | 10 | 8,539 |
| MY | 0 | #346 | 9 | 12,352 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #348 | 4 | 5,378 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #352 | 8 | 8,829 |
| HK | 0 | #353 | 5 | 8,483 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #353 | 6 | 7,678 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #364 | 1 | 5,096 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #376 | 178 | 20,968 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #376 | 993 | 12,708 |
| CL | 0 | #386 | 26 | 6,867 | |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #399 | 618 | 14,098 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #400 | 6 | 3,185 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #400 | 113 | 6,731 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #401 | 51 | 7,952 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #404 | 3 | 8,413 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #406 | 3 | 11,440 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #409 | 5 | 5,922 |
| Germany | 0 | #412 | 26 | 2,542 | |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #412 | 2,557 | 9,415 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #435 | 153 | 18,916 |
| Spain | 0 | #441 | 12 | 2,326 | |
| MX | 0 | #443 | 3 | 8,339 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #444 | 504 | 4,949 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #461 | 21 | 9,861 |
| CO | 0 | #468 | 13 | 7,768 | |
| BH | 0 | #472 | 82 | 17,937 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #476 | 140 | 16,104 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #482 | 2 | 7,628 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #488 | 36 | 10,981 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #490 | 16 | 7,500 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #497 | 3 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #506 | 94 | 8,289 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #516 | 17 | 11,342 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #517 | 7 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #529 | 12 | 11,671 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #541 | 420 | 25,931 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #543 | 3 | 8,334 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #546 | 494 | 14,861 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #557 | 3 | 12,703 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #562 | 31 | 9,244 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #573 | 3 | 12,054 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #598 | 20 | 11,648 |
| IT | 0 | #607 | 108 | 4,183 | |
| LB | 0 | #638 | 21 | 13,263 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #647 | 8 | 13,121 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #650 | 16 | 13,390 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #705 | 292 | 5,561 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #741 | 11 | 12,213 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #775 | 12 | 15,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #862 | 133 | 24,821 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #868 | 11 | 14,506 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #881 | 36 | 8,487 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #888 | 33 | 15,656 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #898 | 296 | 17,781 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #930 | 22 | 5,873 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #971 | 108 | 16,140 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,002 | 8 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,027 | 7 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,138 | 6 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,152 | 27 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,175 | 8 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,231 | 4 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,246 | 9 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,454 | 18 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,591 | 24 | 28,008 |
Wilma is popular in 85 countries — most recent births per country:
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