Girls' name · since 1916
Hilde
392 babies named Hilde in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,674 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,409 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 392
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
392 babies have been named Hilde since 1916, making it today's #8409 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Hilde recorded 392 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #8409 nationally today, ahead of 51% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #13,674 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,409 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 392 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hilde ranks #13,674 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,409 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 392 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,674 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,409 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 392
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hilde's 392 recorded births place it above 81.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Hilde compares
392 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hilde's all-time total is 4% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hilde | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 392 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hilde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hilde's full recorded timeline at 1963, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hilde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Hilde by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (83 births, 21% of the file).
2020s was Hilde's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Hilde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
41 births
- 1930s 26
1930s
26 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
55 births
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 83 births (21% of all-time use).
Hilde by state
Where Hilde concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 2.6% |
10 of 392 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hilde's data
- New York records the most Hildes (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hilde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hilde draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.