Baby name
STABLE
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 Wilma
/WIL · mah/
Meaning
“Will-helm, resolute-helmeted”
Old German feminine form of Wilhelm (will-helm, resolute-helmeted), popularized 1920s-1960s by cartoon character Wilma Flintstone.
Nicknames
will · billie
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Wilma boomed 1920-1960 in English-speaking countries and is now dated as a mid-century boomer marker; minimal modern use.
The cultural moment.
United States and UK saw Wilma peak in top-30 1930-1950, then sharp decline post-1980; cultural marker of boomer generation.