The first name Hildegard

In 2025, 14 girls born in the United States were named Hildegard, the 7,627th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1915, when 81 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.

• Hildegard Knef
  German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)
• Hildegard Falck
  German middle distance runner, born 1949
• Hildegard Behrens
  German operatic soprano (1937-2009)
• Hildegard Peplau
  American nurse and nursing theorist (1909–1999)
• Hildegard Burjan
  Austrian politician and blessed (1883-1933)
• Hildegard Körner
  German middle distance runner, born 1959
• Hildegard Goss-Mayr
  Austrian anti-war activist and Christian theologian, born 1930
• Hildegard Rosenthal
  German Brazilian photographer, 1913–1990
• Hildegard Krekel
  German actress (1952–2013)
• Hildegard Björck
  First Swedish woman to gain a degree, 1847–1920
• Hildegard Westerkamp
  German-Canadian composer, born 1946
• Hildegard Lehnert
  German painter (1857–1943)

• Mia
• Ottilie
• Elsa
• Vienna
• Lorelei
• Lorelai
• Susanne
• Millicent
• Bertha
• Hedwig
• Wilhelmina
• Gretchen
• Bettina
• Hannelore
• Imelda
• Mitzi

All 62 names of German origin

What does the name Hildegard mean?

Borrowed from German Hildegard in the 19th century; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hildigardu.

What is the origin of the name Hildegard?

Borrowed from German Hildegard in the 19th century; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hildigardu.

Is Hildegard a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,945 US babies named Hildegard since 1880 were girls.

When was Hildegard most popular?

1915 in the United States, when 81 babies were named Hildegard, its highest rank at 740th.

What are other spellings of Hildegard?

Hildegarde.