girls:
189 births since 1912
#5527 (3rd percentile)
overall:
189 births since 1912
#7550 (2nd percentile)
The name Welma is the #7,550 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 189 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,527 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 189 births since 1912.
Welma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Welma is available in 24 out of the 34 years between 1912 and 1945. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Welma reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #582) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1945.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Welma".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Welma. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.1% confident that Welma is pronounced as WEHL-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WEHL-mer, at 2.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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