Total births
17
Girls' name · since 1957
Hildie
Hildie has 17 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 17
- total births
- 1957–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Hildie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1957.
Hildie has 17 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2023.
- 17 total births
- 1957–2023 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
17 girls have been named Hildie since 1957, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2023.
- 17
- total births
- 1957–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Hildie was born in this single decade.
1957
Single peak year
7 babies were named Hildie in 1957 - its busiest year on record.
Hildie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hildie's full recorded timeline at 2020, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hildie at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
1957
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1957
Hildie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2023
- Peak year (1957)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Hildie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Hildie's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Hildie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Hildie? ▼
Hildie has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1957, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2023. 7 babies were born in 1957, its single highest year.
When was Hildie most popular? ▼
Hildie was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1957.
How long has the name Hildie been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Hildie since 1957 -- 67 years through the most recent 2023 data.
What names are similar to Hildie? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hilda, Hillary, Hilary, Hilma, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Hildie
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1957–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Hildie: Baby Name Since 1957 - 17 Births, Peak 1957." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/hildie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Hildie 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 July 2026.