How Many People Are Named Hilbert?
people named Hilbert are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 852,331 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,020 babies named Hilbert in Social Security records from 1900 to 1998, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
83 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of HILDEBERT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hilbert in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hilbert alive today is about 68 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hilbert first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1922, to 83 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1998.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 1998
🏆 Rank History
Hilbert has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #656, in 1914.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #656 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #870 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hilbert alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hilbert were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hilbert was given 14.9 times as often in Wisconsin and 7.6 times in Indiana.
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