Hulda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hulda

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,407 babies named Hulda between 1880 and 1980, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hulda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1895, when 167 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hulda performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 1,374 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hulda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Dakota, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Hulda in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hulda 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 5,407 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.