Huldah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Huldah

The Social Security Administration has registered 856 babies named Huldah between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Huldah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Huldah performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Huldah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Huldah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Huldah 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 856 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.