The first name Hilda
A girl’s name meaning “battle”.
Pronounced /ˈhɪldə/ 2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Hilda means “battle”.
Short form of Germanic names beginning or ending in hild (“battle”).
More names that mean warrior.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 16 girls were named Hilda, making it the 1,809th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Hilda with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Hilda at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 55 girls born in the United States were named Hilda, the 3,007th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1921, when 2,128 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Hilda in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Hilda in Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish too.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
- Hildy
Famous people named Hilda
38 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Hilda SolisAmerican politician (born 1957)
- Hilda GeiringerAustrian mathematician (1893–1973)
- HildaChristian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, England, 614–680
- Hilda StrikeCanadian athletics competitor (born 1910)
- Hilda CrozzoliFirst female architect and civil engineer in Austria, 1900–1972
- Hilda BernardArgentine actress (1920–2022)
- Hilda JamesBritish swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, former world record-holder, Cunard celebrity cr, 1904–1982
- Hilda CameronAthletics competitor (1912–2001)
- Princess Hilda of LuxembourgEuropean royal (1897–1979)
- Hilda Ellis DavidsonBritish academic (1914-2006)
- Hilda DresenEstonian Esperantist (1896-1981)
- Hilda Rix NicholasAustralian painter (1884–1961)
Questions
- What does the name Hilda mean?
- Hilda means “battle”.
- How popular is the name Hilda?
- In 2025, 16 girls born in England and Wales were named Hilda, ranking 1,809th.
- Is Hilda a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 81,200 US babies named Hilda since 1880 were girls.
- When was Hilda most popular?
- 1921 in the United States, when 2,128 babies were named Hilda, its highest rank at 123rd.
- How do you pronounce Hilda?
- Hilda is /ˈhɪldə/, 2 syllables.
- What are other spellings of Hilda?
- Hildy.