How Many People Are Named Hildegard?
people named Hildegard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 867,474 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,945 babies named Hildegard in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
81 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and gard "enclosure". Saint Hildegard was a 12th-century mystic from Bingen in Germany who was famous for her writings and poetry and also for her prophetic visions.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hildegard in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hildegard alive today is about 50 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 6 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hildegard first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1915, to 81 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hildegard has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #617, in 1906. In 2025 it ranked #7,625.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,625 |
| Best rank | #617 (1906) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #859 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hildegard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hildegard were born in New York than in any other state: about 29 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hildegard was given 15.4 times as often in Minnesota, 11.6 times in Wisconsin and 3 times in New York.
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