How rare is the name Hilda?

54,736 people in the United States have the first name Hilda, about 1 in 5,518. It ranks #844 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HILDA

#844

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
54,736
About
1 in 5,518
This common or more
67.5%
Who bears it

Of the 54,736 people named Hilda, 66.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 24% as White and 6.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hilda peaked in 1921, when 2,137 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
2,137
In 2025*
55 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 81,200 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hilda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #135. The largest share of babies named Hilda, 45.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2701,280
1890s#1494,732
1900s#1356,790
1910s#19315,707
1920s#24418,251
1930s#3559,492
1940s#4757,572
1950s#6226,313
1960s#9123,596
1970s#1,1212,587
1980s#1,4731,927
1990s#2,2021,362
2000s#3,797827
2010s#6,083448
2020s#5,439316
Before 19018.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2745.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.8%
Baby boom 1946–6414.1%
Generation X 1965–805.3%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–121.6%
2013 and later0.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hilda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hilda has been most common in Louisiana (2.7×), North Carolina (2.6×), and North Dakota (2.5×), and least common in Utah (0.08×).

64,432 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hilda

#842 Kari · 55,005#843 Clinton · 54,834#845 Bobbie · 54,717#846 Lilly · 54,556

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hilda, most common first.

#11,039 Hilde · 1,179#29,211 Hildy · 304#51,658 Hildo · 112

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