Hilja — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hilja

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Hilja between 1894 and 1920, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hilja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1920. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hilja performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hilja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hilja in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hilja 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 81 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.