Quick answers about Wilda
How many people are named Wilda?
An estimated 1,954 living Americans are named Wilda.
How rare is Wilda?
Wilda fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Wilda?
The median age of a living American named Wilda is approximately 73 years, with most bearers falling between 63 and 80 years old.
Is Wilda still popular?
Not especially. Wilda has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Wilda most common?
Wilda has its strongest geographic signal in West Virginia, where it appears 6.9× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19262025
Where it lives now
Wilda is most concentrated in West Virginia — about 6.6× the national rate in the 1940s.
States where Wilda is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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