Hedvig — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hedvig

The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Hedvig between 1888 and 1917, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hedvig currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1917. The name reached its historical peak in 1896, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hedvig performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hedvig shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hedvig in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 60 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.