How Many People Are Named Hilda?
people named Hilda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,275 people in the US has this name
Based on 81,200 babies named Hilda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
2,137 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle". The short form was used for both Old English and continental Germanic names. Saint Hilda of Whitby was a 7th-century English saint and abbess. The name became rare in England during the later Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Hilda (99.8%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Hilda alive today is about 63 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 78 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Hilda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 2,137 babies. In 2025, 55 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Hilda never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #87, in 1899, and it was in the top 100 in 10 years between 1896 and 1909. In 2025 it ranked #3,007.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,007 |
| Best rank | #87 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (1896 to 1909) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #142 in the 1920s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Hilda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hilda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,052 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hilda was given 2.5 times as often in Maryland, 2.4 times in Louisiana and 2.3 times in North Carolina.
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