Is Awilda a boy or girl name?

Awilda is a girl’s name. Of the 1,725 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Name Legacy

Awilda

Recorded 1916–1998 · United States

Awilda was most popular in 1959, when 89 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,884 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,725 people named Awilda.

Awilda over time

Births per year. The dot marks Awilda’s peak in 1959. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Awilda a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Awilda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,725 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Awilda

Where Awilda is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org