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 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#326 · 1 in 3,021
- Virginia#422 · 1 in 5,652
- Alabama#435 · 1 in 4,454
- Kentucky#462 · 1 in 5,020
- Arkansas#473 · 1 in 4,087
Best ever in a state: #121 in Maine, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #326 | 13 | 1 in 3,021 |
| Virginia | #422 | 5 | 1 in 5,652 |
| Alabama | #435 | 7 | 1 in 4,454 |
| Kentucky | #462 | 6 | 1 in 5,020 |
| Arkansas | #473 | 5 | 1 in 4,087 |
| Georgia | #474 | 6 | 1 in 5,740 |
| Tennessee | #479 | 5 | 1 in 5,694 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 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 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 13,709 of them was named Hildred, which outranked 86.4% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 57,690 of them was named Hildred, which outranked 63.0% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,753Zachary20
- #1,753Zebedee20
- #1,753Zollie20
- #1,816Hildred19
- #1,816Adron19
- #1,816Agapito19
- #1,816Alvan19
- #1,874Achille18
- #1,874Adelard18
- #1,874Ancil18
Tied with 57 names at #1,816; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.