Hilma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hilma

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,999 babies named Hilma between 1880 and 1971, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hilma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 105 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hilma performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 743 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Hilma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hilma in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hilma 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 2,999 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.