Name meaning & stats
Wilma
Wilma means “will helmet (protection)” (Germanic origin). 41,252 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“will helmet (protection)”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
41,252 US babies were named Wilma between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Wilma (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Wilma is the main spelling
- Wilma 100%
- Willma <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)