Hildegard — #6626 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Hildegard

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,930 babies named Hildegard between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hildegard currently holds the #6626 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hildegard performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 483 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Hildegard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Hildegard in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hildegard 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 1,930 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.