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Its wave through time Fading since the 1900s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1915 per 100,000 babies of that sex 2,326 babies given this name since 1885 At its height in 1901, about 1 in 8,000 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Hilda Girl Short form of names containing Germanic hild 'battle'. Early Medieval · peak 1903 Holden Boy From an English surname taken from place names, from Old English hol 'hollow' and denu 'valley'. Modern · peak 2018 Hulda Girl Two sources meet here: German Holda, linked to hold 'gracious, lovely', and the Hebrew prophetess Huldah ('weasel,… Victorian · peak 1890 · forgotten Hildegard Girl From Germanic hild 'battle' and gard 'enclosure, protection'. Early Medieval · peak 1906 · forgotten Huldah Girl Hebrew Ḥuldah, 'weasel' or 'mole'. Biblical · forgotten Hilde Girl From Old Norse hildr 'battle', also a short form of names ending in -hild. Viking & Saxon Halldóra Girl From Old Norse hallr 'rock, stone' and the god-name Þórr; the feminine of Halldór. Middle Ages Hildebrand Boy From Germanic hild 'battle' and brand 'sword, flame'. Early Medieval · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.