Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Hilda

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hilda
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.5% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

2,128

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

97.5%

2024

All-time

80,965

Hilda once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 2,128 girls were named Hilda.

In 2024, only 53 girls were given the name.

Down 97.5% from its peak.

All told, about 80,965 Americans have been named Hilda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.5% from peak

19212,128 girls named Hilda

202453 girls named Hilda

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