Hildred
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 85.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,404since 1889
Hildred over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #3,257 | 7 |
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| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 39 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,117 | 44 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #902 | 63 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #994 | 56 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #874 | 72 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #880 | 73 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #779 | 88 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #819 | 80 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #848 | 76 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #774 | 88 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #806 | 76 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #796 | 80 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #792 | 76 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #724 | 84 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #759 | 58 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 | — | |
| 1906 | #707 | 27 | — | |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #596 | 30 | — | |
| 1902 | #716 | 23 | — | |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | — | |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 | — | |
| 1899 | #550 | 30 | — | |
| 1898 | #472 | 43 | — | |
| 1897 | #715 | 19 | — | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | — | |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | — | |
| 1894 | #697 | 18 | — | |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Hildred! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Hildred is popular in 1889
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Hildred
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1892 (#1,213 → #726)
- Biggest drop: 388 spots in 1891 (#825 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1898 at #472 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1892–1929
- Highest: 1 in 6,018 girls born in 1898 were named Hildred (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,194 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 30.6% of all girls named Hildred (736) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1964, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 184 | #472 (1898) | #780 |
| 1900s | 263 | #596 (1903) | #705 |
| 1910s | 626 | #634 (1911) | #753 |
| 1920s | 736 | #774 (1920) | #865 |
| 1930s | 347 | #995 (1931) | #1,251 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,442 (1940) | #2,437 |
| 1950s | 64 | #2,535 (1950) | #4,622 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,205 |
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.
Hildred in 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 35,673 of them was named Hildred, which outranked 13.5% 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).
Tied with 200 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.