Vilho

Boys' name

Short form of Vilhelm

Vilho has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Vilho, 1916

1 in 387,000

Vilho over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vilho: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Vilhelm

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vilho means

Vilho is a short form of Vilhelm.

Origin, language, and formation

Vilho is used in Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Vilhelm.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Vilho is pronounced /ˈʋilho/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Vilho between 1916 and 1916. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1916; its best national rank was #4,497 in 1916.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Vilho?

Vilho had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1916, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1916: 1 in 387,000; 5 of 1,934,362 births
Among boys only: 1 in 178,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1916: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 268,161 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vilho sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1916 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 268,161 children born in 1916 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vilho. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vilhos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vilho was born before 1916 — so the typical Vilho is around 109 today.

Median birth year: 1916; About 109 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Vilho rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (5)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,497; 1916

Spellings of Vilho

Vilho is not the most common spelling — Milo is, with 71.3% against Vilho's <0.01%.

Milo71.3%43,847
Vito24.5%15,052
Vinh2.5%1,541
Viggo1.7%1,055
Vilho<0.01%5

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Vilho by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,497; 1916
Peak year: 1916; 5 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1916
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vilho

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ville Vili Villa Viliamu Villard Vilas Wilho Viliami

Sibling names for Vilho

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Ona

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer

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