Hilde
Girl · HIL-duh · Germanic
Hilde is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “battle”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Hilde mean?
Germanic: short form of names with hild
“battle”
Short form of names such as Hildegard, from the Germanic element hild, 'battle'.
- Say it
- HIL-duh
Is Hilde a girl's or a boy's name?
Hilde is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hilde in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Hilde, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Hilde in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hilde in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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