Hildred · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1889

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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 71 recorded years as a table

Hildred, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1889	28
1890	58
1891	32
1892	75
1893	52
1894	81
1895	77
1896	50
1897	81
1898	166
1899	129
1900	67
1901	92
1902	87
1903	115
1904	98
1905	113
1906	91
1907	78
1908	75
1909	89
1910	71
1911	110
1912	95
1913	85
1914	76
1915	85
1916	69
1917	70
1918	69
1919	67
1920	73
1921	62
1922	67
1923	73
1924	58
1925	59
1926	64
1927	54
1928	49
1929	56
1930	39
1931	46
1932	34
1933	39
1934	31
1935	35
1936	27
1937	26
1938	22
1939	27
1940	24
1941	22
1942	19
1943	11
1944	10
1945	8
1946	5
1947	8
1948	6
1949	8
1950	9
1951	4
1952	5
1954	3
1955	5
1957	3
1958	2
1959	3
1963	3
1965	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hildred 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 1965: 6
Rank in 1965: #5,817
How rare: 1 in 294,194 girls
Since 1889: 2,404

Hildred was last recorded in 1965. 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 1898, at 166 per million girls born.

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

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