Hildred
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 85.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,404since 1889
Hildred over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #3,257 | 7 |
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| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 39 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,117 | 44 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #902 | 63 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #994 | 56 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #874 | 72 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #880 | 73 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #779 | 88 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #819 | 80 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #848 | 76 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #774 | 88 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #806 | 76 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #796 | 80 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #792 | 76 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #724 | 84 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #759 | 58 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 | — | |
| 1906 | #707 | 27 | — | |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #596 | 30 | — | |
| 1902 | #716 | 23 | — | |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | — | |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 | — | |
| 1899 | #550 | 30 | — | |
| 1898 | #472 | 43 | — | |
| 1897 | #715 | 19 | — | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | — | |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | — | |
| 1894 | #697 | 18 | — | |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Hildred! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Hildred
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1892 (#1,213 → #726)
- Biggest drop: 388 spots in 1891 (#825 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1898 at #472 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1892–1929
- Highest: 1 in 6,018 girls born in 1898 were named Hildred (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,194 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 30.6% of all girls named Hildred (736) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1964, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 184 | #472 (1898) | #780 |
| 1900s | 263 | #596 (1903) | #705 |
| 1910s | 626 | #634 (1911) | #753 |
| 1920s | 736 | #774 (1920) | #865 |
| 1930s | 347 | #995 (1931) | #1,251 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,442 (1940) | #2,437 |
| 1950s | 64 | #2,535 (1950) | #4,622 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,205 |
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.
Hildred in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 25,589 of them was named Hildred, which outranked 78.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,101Ralph45
- #1,101Sabina45
- #1,101Verlie45
- #1,117Hildred44
- #1,117Audie44
- #1,117Delta44
- #1,117Harry44
- #1,128Alida43
- #1,128Birtha43
- #1,128Clemmie43
Tied with 10 names at #1,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 109,738 of them was named Hildred, which outranked 42.6% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,444Woodroe11
- #2,444Worley11
- #2,444Ysmael11
- #2,609Hildred10
- #2,609Adalberto10
- #2,609Agnes10
- #2,609Aldrich10
- #2,781Alonso9
- #2,781Alyn9
- #2,781Amando9
Tied with 171 names at #2,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.