Hilda
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Hilda
Short for Brunhilda, the operatic Valkyrie of Teutonic legend, Hilda still has not quite shaken off that image that image. Though with the resurgence of Matilda, she might just have a bit of a comeback.
On its softer side, St. Hilda is the patron saint of learning, culture and poetry; Hilda Doolittle was the poet known as H. D. Hilda was a Top 100 name in the early decades of the twentieth century, hanging in until 1986--her image not helped by the green-complected comic strip character Broom-Hilda. Still popular in Sweden, where she now ranks at Number 77.
Hilda is also given to boys.
Pronounced HIL-duh.
As of October 2026, Hilda ranked #3007 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #87 in 1899.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,559 | 44 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,316 | 49 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,808 | 40 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,097 | 36 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #3,455 | 45 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #3,297 | 48 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,420 | 45 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,411 | 46 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,839 | 60 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,989 | 56 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #3,053 | 53 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,007 | 55 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Hilda for girls
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Hilda on lists
Famous Hildas
- Saint Hilda of WhitbyGirl
English abbess
- Hilda Doolittle aka H.D.Girl
American poet and novelist
- Hilda Sophie Marie Adélaïde Wilhelmine de NassauGirl
Weilburg, Princess of Luxembourg
- Hilda Charlotte WilhelmineGirl
Princess of Nassau, last Grand Duchess of Baden
- Hilda Cathy HeineGirl
8th President of the Marshall Islands
- Hilda Rix NicholasGirl
Australian painter
- Hilda Lucia SolisGirl
25th U.S. Secretary of Labor
- Hilda Koronel (born Susan Reid)Girl
Filipina actress
- Hilda GeiringerGirl
Austrian mathematician
- Margaret Hilda ThatcherGirl
British Prime Minister
- Hilda (b. 2018)Girl
daughter of Jennie McAlpine
- Igerna Brünhilda "Hilda" Johnson SollasGirl
British naturalist
Hilda in pop culture
- Hilda BergGirl
fictional character in the 2017 video game "Cuphead"
- Hilda WadeGirl
detective in 'Hilda Wade, Hospital Nurse' by Grant Allen
- Hilda LesswaysGirl
character in 'The Clayhanger Family' series by Arnold Bennett
- Hilda Alice OgdenGirl
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Hilda SpellmanGirl
character on TV's 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'
- "Hot Ice" HildaGirl
character in manga "Outlaw Star"
- HildaGirl
character in video game "Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds"
- Hilda HidalgoGirl
character in video game "Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles"
- HildaGirl
a main character in video game Pokemon Black and White
- Hilda HansoffGirl
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- HildaGirl
main character in graphic novel and animation series "Hilda"
- Hilda Valentine GonerilGirl
character in Fire Emblem Three Houses video game