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The first name Hulda

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

A female given name, variant of Huldah.

A form of Huldah.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Hulda at birth, 1880–2025

In 1980, 5 girls born in the United States were named Hulda, the 10,949th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1895, when 167 were.

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5,407
babies named Hulda since 1880
#10,949
rank in 1980
1895
peak year

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.

Famous people named Hulda

1 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Hulda Regehr Clark
    Canadian naturopath and practitioner of alternative medicine (1928–2009)

Questions

Is Hulda a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,407 US babies named Hulda since 1880 were girls.
When was Hulda most popular?
1895 in the United States, when 167 babies were named Hulda, its highest rank at 207th.
What name is Hulda a form of?
Hulda is a form of Huldah.