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
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 621 births
- Debut · girls
- 60 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 81,022since 1880
Hilda over time
Rank among girls' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,998 | 55 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,013 | 54 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,975 | 56 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,821 | 60 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,390 | 46 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,549 | 44 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,708 | 65 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,723 | 41 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,359 | 75 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,067 | 88 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,062 | 86 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,558 | 120 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,957 | 88 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,016 | 82 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,580 | 106 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,587 | 103 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,466 | 112 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,358 | 124 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,235 | 138 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,191 | 148 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,162 | 152 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,124 | 158 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,103 | 163 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,104 | 158 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,004 | 172 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,113 | 139 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,052 | 146 | — | |
| 1986 | #933 | 170 | — | |
| 1985 | #874 | 183 | — | |
| 1984 | #832 | 188 | — | |
| 1983 | #797 | 195 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #756 | 219 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #697 | 242 | — | |
| 1980 | #684 | 253 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #739 | 221 | — | |
| 1978 | #670 | 237 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #764 | 197 | — | |
| 1976 | #585 | 279 | — | |
| 1975 | #630 | 249 | — | |
| 1974 | #552 | 304 | — | |
| 1973 | #638 | 236 | — | |
| 1972 | #578 | 284 | — | |
| 1971 | #613 | 277 | — | |
| 1970 | #588 | 298 | — | |
| 1969 | #586 | 285 | — | |
| 1968 | #609 | 250 | — | |
| 1967 | #552 | 292 | — | |
| 1966 | #555 | 291 | — | |
| 1965 | #487 | 377 | — | |
| 1964 | #476 | 411 | — | |
| 1963 | #498 | 380 | — | |
| 1962 | #466 | 428 | — | |
| 1961 | #474 | 424 | — | |
| 1960 | #456 | 458 | — | |
| 1959 | #444 | 466 | — | |
| 1958 | #405 | 524 | — | |
| 1957 | #373 | 587 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #348 | 626 | — | |
| 1955 | #331 | 660 | — | |
| 1954 | #330 | 658 | — | |
| 1953 | #305 | 727 | — | |
| 1952 | #313 | 665 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #296 | 708 | — | |
| 1950 | #296 | 682 | — | |
| 1949 | #292 | 704 | — | |
| 1948 | #273 | 798 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #262 | 843 | — | |
| 1946 | #270 | 718 | — | |
| 1945 | #259 | 680 | — | |
| 1944 | #241 | 745 | — | |
| 1943 | #263 | 703 | — | |
| 1942 | #244 | 784 | — | |
| 1941 | #218 | 795 | — | |
| 1940 | #215 | 797 | — | |
| 1939 | #221 | 762 | — | |
| 1938 | #205 | 850 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #219 | 761 | — | |
| 1936 | #204 | 822 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #199 | 867 | — | |
| 1934 | #192 | 929 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #179 | 957 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #172 | 1,105 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #167 | 1,098 | — | |
| 1930 | #158 | 1,303 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #157 | 1,334 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #148 | 1,574 | — | |
| 1927 | #144 | 1,669 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #139 | 1,847 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #142 | 1,824 | — | |
| 1924 | #141 | 1,941 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #140 | 1,862 | — | |
| 1922 | #131 | 1,962 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #123 | 2,128 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #125 | 2,050 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #123 | 1,917 | — | |
| 1918 | #114 | 2,118 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #112 | 2,006 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #105 | 2,075 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #107 | 1,891 | — | |
| 1914 | #103 | 1,525 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #105 | 1,275 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #104 | 1,158 | — | |
| 1911 | #101 | 916 | — | |
| 1910 | #108 | 793 | — | |
| 1909 | #100 | 773 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #102 | 735 | — | |
| 1907 | #101 | 702 | — | |
| 1906 | #97 | 705 | — | |
| 1905 | #101 | 655 | — | |
| 1904 | #98 | 629 | — | |
| 1903 | #88 | 698 | — | |
| 1902 | #94 | 649 | — | |
| 1901 | #92 | 574 | — | |
| 1900 | #101 | 663 | — | |
| 1899 | #87 | 621 | — | |
| 1898 | #97 | 610 | — | |
| 1897 | #94 | 561 | — | |
| 1896 | #95 | 549 | — | |
| 1895 | #104 | 513 | — | |
| 1894 | #105 | 470 | — | |
| 1893 | #107 | 410 | — | |
| 1892 | #121 | 370 | — | |
| 1891 | #122 | 324 | — | |
| 1890 | #127 | 304 | — | |
| 1889 | #138 | 251 | — | |
| 1888 | #146 | 219 | — | |
| 1887 | #156 | 156 | — | |
| 1886 | #161 | 143 | — | |
| 1885 | #168 | 121 | — | |
| 1884 | #157 | 125 | — | |
| 1883 | #169 | 99 | — | |
| 1882 | #226 | 58 | — | |
| 1881 | #222 | 48 | — | |
| 1880 | #198 | 60 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #87 (621 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 67 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1896–1899
- Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1880–1986
- Highest: 1 in 375 girls born in 1899 were named Hilda (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,223 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.5% of all girls named Hilda (18,191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,280 | #138 (1889) | #174 |
| 1890s | 4,732 | #87 (1899) | #106 |
| 1900s | 6,783 | #88 (1903) | #97 |
| 1910s | 15,674 | #101 (1911) | #108 |
| 1920s | 18,191 | #123 (1921) | #139 |
| 1930s | 9,454 | #158 (1930) | #192 |
| 1940s | 7,567 | #215 (1940) | #254 |
| 1950s | 6,303 | #296 (1951) | #344 |
| 1960s | 3,596 | #456 (1960) | #516 |
| 1970s | 2,582 | #552 (1974) | #636 |
| 1980s | 1,907 | #684 (1980) | #874 |
| 1990s | 1,362 | #1,103 (1991) | #1,291 |
| 2000s | 827 | #1,558 (2002) | #2,246 |
| 2010s | 448 | #2,708 (2012) | #3,558 |
| 2020s | 316 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 6,464 of them was named Hilda, which outranked 94.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 328,367 of them was named Hilda, which outranked 14.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 990 names at #5,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.