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Hilda

Hilda: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“battle”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
HIL-duh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Old Germanic hild 'battle.' Hilda was used by early medieval saints and later revived in English and Scandinavian usage.

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How popular is Hilda?

202415.9 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Hilda in 202453

2024 rank#3,041 girls

Peak year1903

Total US babies since 188081,143

Hilda is steady now but far below its 1903 peak.

Names like Hilda

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic
  • Adelinenoble · Germanic
  • Emeryindustrious ruler · Germanic
  • Milliegentle strength · Germanic
  • Aubreyelf ruler · Germanic

Hilda questions

What does the name Hilda mean?

Hilda means "battle". It comes from Germanic. From Old Germanic hild 'battle.' Hilda was used by early medieval saints and later revived in English and Scandinavian usage.

Is Hilda a boy or girl name?

Hilda is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Hilda?

53 US babies were named Hilda in 2024. Its peak year was 1903.

How do you pronounce Hilda?

Hilda is usually pronounced HIL-duh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.