Hedwig
Last seen for girls in 1968 at #6,246
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 47 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,077since 1880
Hedwig over time
Rank among girls' names. Hedwig has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
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| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 |
| 1927 | #1,066 | 52 |
| 1926 | #829 | 78 |
| 1925 | #953 | 61 |
| 1924 | #829 | 81 |
| 1923 | #729 | 99 |
| 1922 | #678 | 115 |
| 1921 | #657 | 125 |
| 1920 | #636 | 128 |
| 1919 | #558 | 152 |
| 1918 | #563 | 159 |
| 1917 | #577 | 137 |
| 1916 | #524 | 157 |
| 1915 | #503 | 152 |
| 1914 | #524 | 114 |
| 1913 | #628 | 67 |
| 1912 | #697 | 52 |
| 1911 | #564 | 57 |
| 1910 | #644 | 43 |
| 1909 | #731 | 30 |
| 1908 | #629 | 37 |
| 1907 | #739 | 26 |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 |
| 1902 | #490 | 41 |
| 1901 | #603 | 27 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 |
| 1899 | #526 | 32 |
| 1898 | #465 | 44 |
| 1897 | #567 | 28 |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 |
| 1894 | #568 | 26 |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 |
| 1892 | #540 | 26 |
| 1891 | #362 | 47 |
| 1890 | #491 | 28 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 |
| 1888 | #425 | 34 |
| 1887 | #446 | 25 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 |
| 1884 | #463 | 19 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hedwig was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Hedwig is popular in 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#241 · 1 in 2,609
- Massachusetts#278 · 1 in 3,402
- New York#298 · 1 in 3,670
- Michigan#299 · 1 in 2,618
- Pennsylvania#389 · 1 in 7,445
Best ever in a state: #86 in Delaware, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #241 | 6 | 1 in 2,609 |
| Massachusetts | #278 | 6 | 1 in 3,402 |
| New York | #298 | 15 | 1 in 3,670 |
| Michigan | #299 | 6 | 1 in 2,618 |
| Pennsylvania | #389 | 7 | 1 in 7,445 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hedwig
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1882 (#830 → #530)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1900 (#526 → #885)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #362 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1880–1926
- Highest: 1 in 3,946 girls born in 1891 were named Hedwig (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,398 girls born in 1968 (0.00%)
- 35.4% of all girls named Hedwig (1,090) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 151 | #425 (1888) | #598 |
| 1890s | 336 | #362 (1891) | #497 |
| 1900s | 295 | #490 (1902) | #665 |
| 1910s | 1,090 | #503 (1915) | #578 |
| 1920s | 808 | #636 (1920) | #902 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,421 (1931) | #2,047 |
| 1940s | 117 | #2,018 (1941) | #2,899 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,806 (1952) | #4,309 |
| 1960s | 28 | #4,533 (1962) | #5,489 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hedwig in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 9,322 of them was named Hedwig, which outranked 83.1% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).