Hildegarde

Girl · recorded 1885–1961

  • 1961last recorded
  • 1915best year

Most popular in 1915.

Last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

06312618851904192319421961

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 74 recorded years as a table
Hildegarde, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188560
188755
188845
189089
1891102
189257
189361
189449
189564
189680
189790
1898120
1899107
1900100
1901125
190276
190384
1904120
1905113
1906112
190788
1908105
190986
191098
191191
191297
1913112
191497
1915126
1916103
191773
191867
191950
192053
192157
192252
192350
192437
192549
192637
192747
192840
192948
193042
193138
193235
193329
193423
193525
193633
193722
193826
193917
194020
194119
194215
194314
194410
19456
194612
19475
19485
19494
19505
19516
19524
19536
19544
19554
19562
19583
19593
19602
19616

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hildegarde isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1961
13
Rank in 1961
#3,608
How rare
1 in 155,268 girls
Since 1885
2,326

Hildegarde was last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1915, at 126 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hildegarde doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.