Awilda
Feminine
There is a legend attached to this name involving a princess and a pirate ship. A Scandinavian king's daughter is supposed to have refused a match, taken to sea with a crew of women, been elected captain by a band of pirates who mistook her for a man, and finally fought the prince she had refused — and married him after he won.
How old is the name Awilda?
Awilda first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Awilda alive today was born around 1963, making them about 62 years old. About 1,500 people named Awilda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Awilda most popular?
Awilda peaked in 1959, reaching #1130 nationally. See the whole 1959 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alwilda to Awilda
The story of Awilda
The name is far commoner in Puerto Rico than anywhere else and nobody has explained why. It appears in American records in quantity from the early twentieth century, concentrated overwhelmingly in Puerto Rican families, and it is not a Spanish name in any ordinary sense — it does not appear in Spanish naming references, has no saint behind it and no Latin root. Something put it there, presumably a book or a serial or a single admired person, and whatever it was has not left a trace anybody has found.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name's derivation is not established. The legendary figure is recorded in a sixteenth-century history that is not a reliable source for anything, and the name may descend from a Germanic compound or from somewhere else entirely.
How the name formed
- Alwilda
- Awilda
Pronouncing Awilda
ah-WEEL-dah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Spanish speakers give the i a long value where English speakers tend to shorten it.
Nicknames for Awilda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most girls named
- 195780 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1130reached in 1959
- Change vs 1996
- −28.6%5 in 1998, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Awildas among us
people named Awilda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Awilda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It has a genuinely striking legend attached to it.
- Wilda sits inside it as a complete short form.
- The rhythm is even and the spelling follows the sound.
- No meaning can be given, and the legend is not evidence of one.
- The stress and the vowels differ between English and Spanish readings.
- The generation that used it in America is now elderly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Awildas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Awilda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Awilda in 2025?
- Awilda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Awilda with classmates?
- Awilda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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