Hilbert — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hilbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,020 babies named Hilbert between 1900 and 1998, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hilbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hilbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 610 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Hilbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 161 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Hilbert in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hilbert 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 2,020 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.