Feminine dossier · first seen 1888

Hildegard

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

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1888Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

79%

2024

All-time

1,930

Hildegard is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 81 girls were named Hildegard.

In 2024, only 17 girls were given the name.

All told, about 1,930 Americans have been named Hildegard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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