# Hilma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hilma/  
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 | 2,999 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,999 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Used in early 19th-century Scandinavian literature, probably as a variant of Wilhelmina.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 7 | 4,162 |
| 1947 | 19 | 2,306 |
| 1948 | 12 | 3,045 |
| 1949 | 9 | 3,727 |
| 1950 | 17 | 2,480 |
| 1951 | 11 | 3,361 |
| 1952 | 13 | 3,095 |
| 1953 | 12 | 3,349 |
| 1954 | 6 | 5,380 |
| 1955 | 12 | 3,451 |
| 1956 | 8 | 4,600 |
| 1959 | 7 | 5,234 |
| 1960 | 8 | 4,926 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,526 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,777 |

## People named Hilma

- Hilma Granqvist, Finnish anthropologist (1890–1972)
- Hilma Caldeira, Brazilian volleyball player

## 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.