# Hilde (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hilde/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 392 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 392 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 18,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,786 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,700 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,330 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,410 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,201 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,039 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,478 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,804 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,170 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,259 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,412 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,664 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,737 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,554 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |

## People named Hilde

- Hilde Holger, Austrian British dancer and choreographer (1905-2001)
- Hilde Gerg, German alpine skier
- Hilde Mangold, German biologist (1898–1924)
- Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German-Danish tennis player
- Hilde Zimmermann, Austrian resistance member (1920-2002)
- Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, cross-country skier from Norway
- Hilde Körber, Austrian actress (1906-1969)
- Hilde Güden, Austrian soprano singer (1917–1988)
- Hilde Hildebrand, German actress and singer (1897–1976)
- Hilde Zadek, German operatic soprano (1917–2019)
- Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress (1917–1999)
- Hilde Weissner, German actress (1909–1987)

## 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.