Hildred

Where Hildred comes from

The dictionaries list Hildred as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1852
    Hildred Carlile born
    British politician
  2. 1889
    First appearance
    #1,279 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1898
    Peak, #472
    43 babies named Hildred — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1900
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #833.
  5. 1911
    Hildred Blewett born
    Canadian physicist
  6. 1965
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Hildred Carlile · British politician, 1852–1942
  • Hildred Blewett · Canadian physicist, 1911–2004
  • Hildred Mary Butler · Australian microbiologist, 1906–1975

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.