Hilda

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Hilda is one of several feminine given names derived from the name Hild, formed from Old Norse hildr, meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game.

From Wikipedia

Hilda first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1966 with 95 babies (rank #190 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Hilda

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hilda yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,214
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
95
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195274#197
195370#204
195470#209
195581#193
195674#210
195777#203
195879#205
195969#231
196075#215
196185#200
196277#221
196373#232
196482#207
196580#214
196695#190
196767#239
196883#212
196976#236
197072#245
197166#259
197244#312
197342#315
197445#299
197538#321
197636#326
197729#374
197829#374
197929#374
198029#396
198129#390
198223#435
198318#514
198421#486
198515#607
198623#475
198714#643
198814#645
198916#609
199010#806
199115#673
199212#721
199314#683
199419#580
199514#665
19968#883
19974#1,190
19987#960
19997#953
20007#964
20018#888
200213#697
20037#924
20046#978
20055#1,055
20064#1,131
20078#815
20086#916
20094#1,086
20106#877
20115#925
20122#1,137
20132#1,205
20142#981