How Many People Are Named Hildegarde?
people named Hildegarde are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,460,619 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,326 babies named Hildegarde in Social Security records from 1885 to 1961, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
124 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of HILDEGARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hildegarde in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hildegarde alive today is about 81 years old, and 100% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 74 and 88 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hildegarde first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1915, to 124 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1961.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 1961
🏆 Rank History
Hildegarde has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #565, in 1901.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #565 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #712 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hildegarde alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hildegarde were born in New York than in any other state: about 20 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hildegarde was given 13.6 times as often in Wisconsin, 4.3 times in Minnesota and 2.4 times in New York.
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