Viliami vs Vilma
American parents have registered 4,989 Vilmas since 1880, against 561 Viliamis. But in 2025 it was Viliami that was commoner, 18 babies to 14.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Viliami Vilma
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 124 years in which either name was published, Vilma for 118 years and Viliami for 6 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.
Side by side
| Viliami | Vilma | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 561 | 4,989 |
| Most in one year | 21 | 213 |
| Babies in 2025 | 18 | 14 |
| Estimated living today | 550 | 2,800 |
| Median age today | 18 | 52 |
| Peak year | 2010 | 1927 |
| Best rank | 4,517th boys | 477th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,208th | 7,491st |
| First recorded | 1980 | 1901 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 561 | 4,989 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Vilmas alive today are over 52; half the Viliamis are over 18. That is 34 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Viliami Hawaii (51.6×), Utah (38.5×), California (5.1×)
- Vilma New York (4.5×), Rhode Island (4.1×), New Jersey (2.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Viliami and Vilma.