Hilbert
Last seen for boys in 1998 at #8,479
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,020since 1900
Hilbert over time
Rank among boys' names. Hilbert has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,357 | 31 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,110 | 37 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,173 | 36 |
| 1929 | #869 | 58 |
| 1928 | #883 | 57 |
| 1927 | #1,112 | 41 |
| 1926 | #875 | 58 |
| 1925 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #907 | 59 |
| 1923 | #803 | 69 |
| 1922 | #717 | 83 |
| 1921 | #877 | 63 |
| 1920 | #865 | 62 |
| 1919 | #799 | 66 |
| 1918 | #753 | 73 |
| 1917 | #680 | 78 |
| 1916 | #657 | 80 |
| 1915 | #816 | 56 |
| 1914 | #653 | 60 |
| 1913 | #806 | 35 |
| 1912 | #876 | 26 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Hilbert! It came in at #1,050, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Hilbert is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#235 · 1 in 2,265
- Minnesota#266 · 1 in 2,633
- Indiana#278 · 1 in 3,414
Best ever in a state: #146 in Wisconsin, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #235 | 10 | 1 in 2,265 |
| Minnesota | #266 | 8 | 1 in 2,633 |
| Indiana | #278 | 7 | 1 in 3,414 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Hilbert
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 511 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #876)
- Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1930 (#869 → #1,173)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1914 at #653 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1912–1926
- Highest: 1 in 10,913 boys born in 1914 were named Hilbert (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 318,561 boys born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 30.2% of all boys named Hilbert (610) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 55 | #786 (1905) | #969 |
| 1910s | 489 | #653 (1914) | #862 |
| 1920s | 610 | #717 (1922) | #877 |
| 1930s | 319 | #1,007 (1934) | #1,202 |
| 1940s | 221 | #1,187 (1943) | #1,526 |
| 1950s | 144 | #1,357 (1953) | #2,182 |
| 1960s | 94 | #1,987 (1965) | #2,515 |
| 1970s | 43 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,091 |
| 1980s | 23 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,759 |
| 1990s | 22 | #7,792 (1995) | #8,493 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hilbert in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 17,167 of them was named Hilbert, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).