Hildegard
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HIL-de-gard
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Hildegard is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “battle + enclosure”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Hildegard mean?
Germanic
“battle + enclosure”
Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th-century German abbess, mystic and composer, named a Doctor of the Church in 2012.
Is Hildegard a girl's or a boy's name?
Hildegard is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hildegard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Hildegard, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Hildegard in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1935, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hildegard in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,292 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,224 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,041 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,107 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,010 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,096 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,136 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,301 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,111 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,168 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,341 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 50 | #1,017 |
| 1918 | 57 | #948 |
| 1917 | 63 | #866 |
| 1916 | 70 | #810 |
| 1915 | 81 | #738 |
| 1914 | 44 | #878 |
| 1913 | 39 | #840 |
| 1912 | 45 | #747 |
| 1911 | 22 | #932 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 21 | #890 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 18 | #898 |
| 1906 | 34 | #611 |
| 1905 | 21 | #797 |
| 1904 | 23 | #727 |
| 1903 | 17 | #836 |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 |
| 1901 | 21 | #699 |
| 1900 | 23 | #760 |
| 1899 | 20 | #704 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 |
| 1897 | 14 | #867 |
| 1896 | 21 | #688 |
| 1895 | 13 | #893 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
Nicknames for Hildegard
- Hilde 12 girls in the US in 2025
- Hildy
Names like Hildegard
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hattie, Harriet, Lottie, Matilda, Hazel, Eloise, Luella, Alice, Ada, Adeline, Millie, Louise
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hildegard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hildegard, updated 20 October 2026.