Hulda

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392

Peak · girls
1885 · 113 births
Debut · girls
60 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,407
since 1880

Hulda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hulda has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #171, 1885girls
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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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1980#10,3925
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1956#4,1619
1955#4,0699
1954#3,71810
1953#4,2268
1952#4,4837
1951#2,81014
1950#3,05212
1949#3,6129
1948#4,6516
1947#3,44810
1946#2,31817
1945#2,74211
1944#2,40114
1943#2,35215
1942#2,31115
1941#1,69622
1940#2,57211
1939#1,73120
1938#1,70321
1937#2,10115
1936#1,95016
1935#1,66321
1934#1,69720
1933#1,40027
1932#1,32031
1931#1,24334
1930#1,27435
1929#1,15941
1928#1,14744
1927#1,09748
1926#93164
1925#87771
1924#90370
1923#80082
1922#75095
1921#732101
1920#75093
1919#612131
1918#718101
1917#612124
1916#546148
1915#563131
1914#57198
1913#53292
1912#53184
1911#47376
1910#46175
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1908#44466
1907#38386
1906#39775
1905#34697
1904#33992
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1902#33289
1901#299104
1900#322110
1899#262118
1898#254138
1897#249130
1896#251129
1895#207167
1894#221144
1893#222137
1892#232126
1891#194138
1890#197147
1889#192139
1888#200126
1887#193108
1886#21485
1885#171113
1884#20186
1883#20771
1882#20367
1881#23544
1880#19860
First appearance
1880

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


Quietest stretch: 1957–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Hulda is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #115 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 444 girlsNDMinnesota: #290 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,671 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedILWisconsin: #365 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,562 girlsWIMichigan: #323 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,763 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #452 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,318 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedCONebraska: #306 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,331 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedMSAlabama: #547 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,164 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedHITexas: #731 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,409 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Hulda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#115 · 1 in 444
  2. Minnesota#290 · 1 in 2,671
  3. Nebraska#306 · 1 in 2,331
  4. Michigan#323 · 1 in 3,763
  5. Wisconsin#365 · 1 in 4,562

Best ever in a state: #75 in North Dakota, 1910.

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North Dakota#115161 in 444
Minnesota#29081 in 2,671
Nebraska#30651 in 2,331
Michigan#32391 in 3,763
Wisconsin#36551 in 4,562
Pennsylvania#452101 in 9,318
Alabama#54751 in 6,164
Texas#73171 in 7,409
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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 Hulda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
  • Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1919 (#718 → #612)
  • Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1927 (#931 → #1,097)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #171 (113 births)
  • Births halved by 1927, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1880–1926
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,177
  • Highest: 1 in 1,177 girls born in 1885 were named Hulda (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 332,061 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1890s
  • 25.4% of all girls named Hulda (1,374) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s899#171 (1885)#201
1890s1,374#194 (1891)#229
1900s903#299 (1901)#359
1910s1,060#461 (1910)#562
1920s709#732 (1921)#915
1930s240#1,243 (1931)#1,608
1940s130#1,696 (1941)#2,810
1950s69#2,810 (1951)#3,788
1960s11#5,817 (1965)#6,198
1970s7#7,296 (1976)#7,296
1980s5#10,392 (1980)#10,392

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.

Hulda in 1919

girls
#612
131 births · 1 in 8,627 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #612Hulda131
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 8,627 of them was named Hulda, which outranked 89.0% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hulda
  1. #608Roma133
  2. #608Rosalyn133
  3. #608Theodora133
  4. #612Hulda131
  5. #612Almeda131
  6. #614Aletha130
  7. #614Joe130
  8. #616Charles129

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

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →