girls:
946 births since 1886
#4770 (17th percentile)
overall:
946 births since 1886
#6793 (12th percentile)
The name Wilhemina is the #6,793 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 946 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 12.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,770 (16.5% percentile) for all time with 946 births since 1886.
Wilhemina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (first recorded for girls in 1886). Birth data for Wilhemina is available in 79 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023. 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, Wilhemina reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #741) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1886, with 39 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Wilhemina ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 10.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wilhemina".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Wilhemina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.2% confident that Wilhemina is pronounced as wihl-heh-MEE-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WIHL-heh-MEE-nah, at 17.6% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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