Hilda

#2,998 for girls in 2025, 55 births · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #5,484
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1899 · 621 births
Debut · girls
60 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
81,022
since 1880

Hilda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #87, 1899girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,99855
2024#3,01354
2023#2,97556
2022#2,82160
2021#3,39046
2020#3,39945
2019#3,27248
2018#3,43845
2017#4,06636
2016#3,77740
2015#3,29949
2014#3,54944
2013#4,33633
2012#2,70865
2011#3,72341
2010#3,40947
2009#2,51075
2008#2,85562
2007#2,93061
2006#2,14990
2005#2,35975
2004#2,06788
2003#2,06286
2002#1,558120
2001#1,95788
2000#2,01682
1999#1,580106
1998#1,587103
1997#1,466112
1996#1,358124
1995#1,235138
1994#1,191148
1993#1,162152
1992#1,124158
1991#1,103163
1990#1,104158
1989#1,004172
1988#1,113139
1987#1,052146
1986#933170
1985#874183
1984#832188
1983#797195#5,4846
1982#756219#5,6196
1981#697242
1980#684253#4,4958
1979#739221
1978#670237#5,7725
1977#764197
1976#585279
1975#630249
1974#552304
1973#638236
1972#578284
1971#613277
1970#588298
1969#586285
1968#609250
1967#552292
1966#555291
1965#487377
1964#476411
1963#498380
1962#466428
1961#474424
1960#456458
1959#444466
1958#405524
1957#373587#3,9935
1956#348626
1955#331660
1954#330658
1953#305727
1952#313665#3,7345
1951#296708
1950#296682
1949#292704
1948#273798#3,6685
1947#262843
1946#270718
1945#259680
1944#241745
1943#263703
1942#244784
1941#218795
1940#215797
1939#221762
1938#205850#2,8687
1937#219761
1936#204822#3,1476
1935#199867
1934#192929#3,6795
1933#179957#2,5429
1932#1721,105#3,7765
1931#1671,098
1930#1581,303#3,5926
1929#1571,334#2,58910
1928#1481,574
1927#1441,669#3,1518
1926#1391,847#2,56611
1925#1421,824
1924#1411,941#3,0239
1923#1401,862
1922#1311,962#4,3075
1921#1232,128#2,9869
1920#1252,050#3,2088
1919#1231,917
1918#1142,118#3,3687
1917#1122,006#3,9815
1916#1052,075#2,9268
1915#1071,891
1914#1031,525#2,4578
1913#1051,275#2,8215
1912#1041,158
1911#101916
1910#108793
1909#100773#1,1557
1908#102735
1907#101702
1906#97705
1905#101655
1904#98629
1903#88698
1902#94649
1901#92574
1900#101663
1899#87621
1898#97610
1897#94561
1896#95549
1895#104513
1894#105470
1893#107410
1892#121370
1891#122324
1890#127304
1889#138251
1888#146219
1887#156156
1886#161143
1885#168121
1884#157125
1883#16999
1882#22658
1881#22248
1880#19860
First appearance
1880

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


Quietest stretch: 2013–2021, when fewer than 50 girls a year got the name.

See more about Hilda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#3,013#2,998)
  • 401 spots since 2020 (#3,399#2,998)
  • 301 spots since 2015 (#3,299#2,998)
  • Biggest jump: 94 spots in 1978 (#764#670)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1977 (#585#764)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #87 (621 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1896–1899
  • Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1880–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 375
  • Highest: 1 in 375 girls born in 1899 were named Hilda (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,223 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.5% of all girls named Hilda (18,191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,280#138 (1889)#174
1890s4,732#87 (1899)#106
1900s6,783#88 (1903)#97
1910s15,674#101 (1911)#108
1920s18,191#123 (1921)#139
1930s9,454#158 (1930)#192
1940s7,567#215 (1940)#254
1950s6,303#296 (1951)#344
1960s3,596#456 (1960)#516
1970s2,582#552 (1974)#636
1980s1,907#684 (1980)#874
1990s1,362#1,103 (1991)#1,291
2000s827#1,558 (2002)#2,246
2010s448#2,708 (2012)#3,558
2020s316#2,821 (2022)#3,099

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.

Hilda in 1954

girls
#330
658 births · 1 in 2,951 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #330Hilda658
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 2,951 of them was named Hilda, which outranked 95.0% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hilda
  1. #327Rosalie674
  2. #328Tamara664
  3. #329Christy659
  4. #330Hilda658
  5. #331Bessie652
  6. #332Sandy649
  7. #333Adrienne648
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1954