Huldah

Where Huldah comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew חולדה (“weasel”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Huldah
  • Hebrew
Huldah through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls, with 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #530
    12 babies named Huldah, its best rank.
  3. 1907
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,821.
  4. 1985
    Huldah Hiltsley born
    American politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Huldah Hiltsley · American politician, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.