Hulda
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 113 births
- Debut · girls
- 60 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,407since 1880
Hulda over time
Rank among girls' names. Hulda has never cracked the top 100 here.
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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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 |
| 1931 | #1,243 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 |
| 1927 | #1,097 | 48 |
| 1926 | #931 | 64 |
| 1925 | #877 | 71 |
| 1924 | #903 | 70 |
| 1923 | #800 | 82 |
| 1922 | #750 | 95 |
| 1921 | #732 | 101 |
| 1920 | #750 | 93 |
| 1919 | #612 | 131 |
| 1918 | #718 | 101 |
| 1917 | #612 | 124 |
| 1916 | #546 | 148 |
| 1915 | #563 | 131 |
| 1914 | #571 | 98 |
| 1913 | #532 | 92 |
| 1912 | #531 | 84 |
| 1911 | #473 | 76 |
| 1910 | #461 | 75 |
| 1909 | #421 | 76 |
| 1908 | #444 | 66 |
| 1907 | #383 | 86 |
| 1906 | #397 | 75 |
| 1905 | #346 | 97 |
| 1904 | #339 | 92 |
| 1903 | #302 | 108 |
| 1902 | #332 | 89 |
| 1901 | #299 | 104 |
| 1900 | #322 | 110 |
| 1899 | #262 | 118 |
| 1898 | #254 | 138 |
| 1897 | #249 | 130 |
| 1896 | #251 | 129 |
| 1895 | #207 | 167 |
| 1894 | #221 | 144 |
| 1893 | #222 | 137 |
| 1892 | #232 | 126 |
| 1891 | #194 | 138 |
| 1890 | #197 | 147 |
| 1889 | #192 | 139 |
| 1888 | #200 | 126 |
| 1887 | #193 | 108 |
| 1886 | #214 | 85 |
| 1885 | #171 | 113 |
| 1884 | #201 | 86 |
| 1883 | #207 | 71 |
| 1882 | #203 | 67 |
| 1881 | #235 | 44 |
| 1880 | #198 | 60 |
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 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#285 · 1 in 2,111
- Minnesota#386 · 1 in 4,581
- Pennsylvania#428 · 1 in 8,122
- Missouri#447 · 1 in 5,110
- Ohio#464 · 1 in 7,901
Best ever in a state: #75 in North Dakota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nebraska | #285 | 6 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Minnesota | #386 | 5 | 1 in 4,581 |
| Pennsylvania | #428 | 12 | 1 in 8,122 |
| Missouri | #447 | 6 | 1 in 5,110 |
| Ohio | #464 | 7 | 1 in 7,901 |
| Illinois | #562 | 6 | 1 in 9,863 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1919 (#718 → #612)
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1927 (#931 → #1,097)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #171 (113 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1880–1926
- 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%)
- 25.4% of all girls named Hulda (1,374) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 899 | #171 (1885) | #201 |
| 1890s | 1,374 | #194 (1891) | #229 |
| 1900s | 903 | #299 (1901) | #359 |
| 1910s | 1,060 | #461 (1910) | #562 |
| 1920s | 709 | #732 (1921) | #915 |
| 1930s | 240 | #1,243 (1931) | #1,608 |
| 1940s | 130 | #1,696 (1941) | #2,810 |
| 1950s | 69 | #2,810 (1951) | #3,788 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,198 |
| 1970s | 7 | #7,296 (1976) | #7,296 |
| 1980s | 5 | #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 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
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1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 12,885 of them was named Hulda, which outranked 87.0% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).