Hilda

#2,998 for girls in 2025, 55 births · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #5,484
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1899 · 621 births
Debut · girls
60 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
81,022
since 1880

Hilda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #87, 1899girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,99855—
2024#3,01354—
2023#2,97556—
2022#2,82160—
2021#3,39046—
2020#3,39945—
2019#3,27248—
2018#3,43845—
2017#4,06636—
2016#3,77740—
2015#3,29949—
2014#3,54944—
2013#4,33633—
2012#2,70865—
2011#3,72341—
2010#3,40947—
2009#2,51075—
2008#2,85562—
2007#2,93061—
2006#2,14990—
2005#2,35975—
2004#2,06788—
2003#2,06286—
2002#1,558120—
2001#1,95788—
2000#2,01682—
1999#1,580106—
1998#1,587103—
1997#1,466112—
1996#1,358124—
1995#1,235138—
1994#1,191148—
1993#1,162152—
1992#1,124158—
1991#1,103163—
1990#1,104158—
1989#1,004172—
1988#1,113139—
1987#1,052146—
1986#933170—
1985#874183—
1984#832188—
1983#797195#5,4846
1982#756219#5,6196
1981#697242—
1980#684253#4,4958
1979#739221—
1978#670237#5,7725
1977#764197—
1976#585279—
1975#630249—
1974#552304—
1973#638236—
1972#578284—
1971#613277—
1970#588298—
1969#586285—
1968#609250—
1967#552292—
1966#555291—
1965#487377—
1964#476411—
1963#498380—
1962#466428—
1961#474424—
1960#456458—
1959#444466—
1958#405524—
1957#373587#3,9935
1956#348626—
1955#331660—
1954#330658—
1953#305727—
1952#313665#3,7345
1951#296708—
1950#296682—
1949#292704—
1948#273798#3,6685
1947#262843—
1946#270718—
1945#259680—
1944#241745—
1943#263703—
1942#244784—
1941#218795—
1940#215797—
1939#221762—
1938#205850#2,8687
1937#219761—
1936#204822#3,1476
1935#199867—
1934#192929#3,6795
1933#179957#2,5429
1932#1721,105#3,7765
1931#1671,098—
1930#1581,303#3,5926
1929#1571,334#2,58910
1928#1481,574—
1927#1441,669#3,1518
1926#1391,847#2,56611
1925#1421,824—
1924#1411,941#3,0239
1923#1401,862—
1922#1311,962#4,3075
1921#1232,128#2,9869
1920#1252,050#3,2088
1919#1231,917—
1918#1142,118#3,3687
1917#1122,006#3,9815
1916#1052,075#2,9268
1915#1071,891—
1914#1031,525#2,4578
1913#1051,275#2,8215
1912#1041,158—
1911#101916—
1910#108793—
1909#100773#1,1557
1908#102735—
1907#101702—
1906#97705—
1905#101655—
1904#98629—
1903#88698—
1902#94649—
1901#92574—
1900#101663—
1899#87621—
1898#97610—
1897#94561—
1896#95549—
1895#104513—
1894#105470—
1893#107410—
1892#121370—
1891#122324—
1890#127304—
1889#138251—
1888#146219—
1887#156156—
1886#161143—
1885#168121—
1884#157125—
1883#16999—
1882#22658—
1881#22248—
1880#19860—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hilda was already there! It came in at #198, and was given to 60 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2013–2021, when fewer than 50 girls a year got the name.

Where Hilda is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hilda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#3,013 → #2,998)
  • 401 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #2,998)
  • 301 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #2,998)
  • Biggest jump: 94 spots in 1978 (#764 → #670)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1977 (#585 → #764)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #87 (621 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1896–1899
  • Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1880–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 375
  • Highest: 1 in 375 girls born in 1899 were named Hilda (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,223 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.5% of all girls named Hilda (18,191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,280#138 (1889)#174
1890s4,732#87 (1899)#106
1900s6,783#88 (1903)#97
1910s15,674#101 (1911)#108
1920s18,191#123 (1921)#139
1930s9,454#158 (1930)#192
1940s7,567#215 (1940)#254
1950s6,303#296 (1951)#344
1960s3,596#456 (1960)#516
1970s2,582#552 (1974)#636
1980s1,907#684 (1980)#874
1990s1,362#1,103 (1991)#1,291
2000s827#1,558 (2002)#2,246
2010s448#2,708 (2012)#3,558
2020s316#2,821 (2022)#3,099

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.

Hilda in 1889

girls
#138
251 births · 1 in 711 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #138Hilda251
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 711 of them was named Hilda, which outranked 90.7% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hilda
  1. #135Belle265
  2. #135Essie265
  3. #137Amy252
  4. #138Hilda251
  5. #138Sophia251
  6. #140Barbara246
  7. #140Goldie246
  8. #142Rosie239

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 635Hellen#1,276 → #641
  2. ↑ 569Diana#1,136 → #567
  3. ↑ 536Hope#1,136 → #600
  4. ↑ 519Adelle#1,276 → #757
  5. ↑ 519Ova#1,276 → #757
Fallers
  1. ↓ 667Zilpha#612 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 643Lular#636 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 616Dagmar#663 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 589Savanah#690 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 555Harry#724 → #1,279

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889 →