# Hilda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hilda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “battle” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɪldə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hildy |
| US babies named this | 81,200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 178 / 81,022 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 156, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of Germanic names beginning or ending in hild (“battle”).

## What it means

Hilda is grouped under warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 3,747 |
| 2012 | 65 | 2,719 |
| 2013 | 33 | 4,364 |
| 2014 | 44 | 3,559 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,316 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,809 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,097 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,456 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,298 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,420 |
| 2021 | 46 | 3,411 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,839 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,991 |
| 2024 | 54 | 3,029 |
| 2025 | 55 | 3,007 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 8 | 3,280 |
| 1929 | 10 | 2,674 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,777 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,006 |
| 1933 | 9 | 2,628 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,913 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,326 |
| 1938 | 7 | 3,001 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,968 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,229 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,176 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,671 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,929 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,753 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Hilda
- Dutch: Hilda
- Esperanto: Hilda
- Estonian: Hilda
- Finnish: Hilda
- French: Hilda
- German: Hilda
- Italian: Ilda
- Norwegian: Hilda
- Polish: Hilda
- Portuguese: Ilda, Hilda
- Russian: Хи́льда
- Spanish: Hilda
- Swedish: Hilda

## People named Hilda

- Hilda Solis, American politician (born 1957)
- Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician (1893–1973)
- Hilda, Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, England
- Hilda Strike, Canadian athletics competitor (born 1910)
- Hilda Crozzoli, first female architect and civil engineer in Austria
- Hilda Bernard, Argentine actress (1920–2022)
- Hilda James, British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, former world record-holder, Cunard celebrity cr
- Hilda Cameron, athletics competitor (1912–2001)
- Princess Hilda of Luxembourg, European royal (1897–1979)
- Hilda Ellis Davidson, British academic (1914-2006)
- Hilda Dresen, Estonian Esperantist (1896-1981)
- Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian painter (1884–1961)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.