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Hildred

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Possibly battle + counsel, advice

Hildred has been given to 2,825 babies in the U.S. since 1889. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 88 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Hildred, 1965

1 in 604,000

Hildred over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hildred over time

In 1965, Hildred went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18891965

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hildred: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly battle + counsel, advice

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hildred means

Hildred may mean “battle + counsel, advice”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hildred is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪl.dɹɪd/ for Hildred.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,404 girls were recorded with the name Hildred between 1889 and 1965. Its highest annual count was 88 in 1920; its best national rank was #473 in 1898.

In the United States, 421 boys were recorded with the name Hildred between 1911 and 1963. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1923; its best national rank was #1,835 in 1923.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Hildred?

Hildred had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1965, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1965
1 in 604,000
6 of 3,625,243 births
Among girls only
1 in 294,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1965
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
418,806 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hildred sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1965 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 418,806 children born in 1965 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hildred. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hildreds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hildred was born before 1921 — so the typical Hildred is around 104 today.

Median birth year
1921
About 104 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
30.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
8.9%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
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1920s — 30.6% of all recorded uses (736).

Is Hildred rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1920 (88)
Years since peak
105
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#473
1898

Spellings of Hildred

Hildred is not the most common spelling — Mildred is, with 99.3% against Hildred's 0.53%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hildred is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Hildred was most concentrated in Maine — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 143,751 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maine1 in 33,333
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 33,333
  3. 3West Virginia1 in 33,333
  4. 4Missouri1 in 50,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in 100,000
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Iowa1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hildred has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Hildred is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Hildred was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 737,056 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hildred has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hildred by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#473
1898
Peak year
1920
88 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
1965
All-time count
2,404
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,835
1923
Peak year
1923
19 that year
First recorded
1911
Last recorded
1963
All-time count
421
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Hildred

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Hildred

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Hildred, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Hildred

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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