Hildagarde — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hildagarde

The Social Security Administration has registered 206 babies named Hildagarde between 1898 and 1940, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hildagarde currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hildagarde performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hildagarde shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hildagarde in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hildagarde 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 206 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.