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Hildegarde

A given name in English, French and 2 more

feminineLatin script

/^((h aspiré))\il.də.ɡaʁd\/ · French

Origin: Not established
4 language contexts: English French Danish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hildegarde

Hildegarde is a feminine given name documented in English, French, Danish and 1 other language.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

De l’allemand Hildegard.

Sources for this account (7)

French Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q20819061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Hildegarde is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hildegarde’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 1961: 13 girls (rank 3608). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 14 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hildegarde

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1961: 13; applications; Rank #3,608
Peak year: 1915; 124 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hildegarde in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	8	793	observed
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	8	860	observed
1888	8	959	observed
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	17	642	observed
1891	19	608	observed
1892	12	861	observed
1893	13	826	observed
1894	11	950	observed
1895	15	815	observed
1896	19	728	observed
1897	21	681	observed
1898	31	581	observed
1899	25	616	observed
1900	30	639	observed
1901	30	559	observed
1902	20	773	observed
1903	22	712	observed
1904	33	586	observed
1905	33	609	observed
1906	33	622	observed
1907	28	710	observed
1908	35	649	observed
1909	30	731	observed
1910	39	679	observed
1911	38	704	observed
1912	54	678	observed
1913	70	618	observed
1914	74	676	observed
1915	124	583	observed
1916	108	654	observed
1917	79	775	observed
1918	77	815	observed
1919	56	944	observed
1920	64	908	observed
1921	70	885	observed
1922	63	932	observed
1923	60	953	observed
1924	46	1,151	observed
1925	60	960	observed
1926	44	1,148	observed
1927	56	1,023	observed
1928	46	1,115	observed
1929	54	981	observed
1930	47	1,072	observed
1931	40	1,127	observed
1932	37	1,176	observed
1933	29	1,330	observed
1934	24	1,518	observed
1935	26	1,449	observed
1936	34	1,230	observed
1937	23	1,580	observed
1938	29	1,382	observed
1939	19	1,797	observed
1940	23	1,635	observed
1941	23	1,649	observed
1942	20	1,917	observed
1943	20	1,949	observed
1944	13	2,511	observed
1945	8	3,388	observed
1946	19	2,153	observed
1947	8	4,007	observed
1948	8	3,883	observed
1949	7	4,235	observed
1950	8	3,962	observed
1951	10	3,482	observed
1952	7	4,483	observed
1953	12	3,269	observed
1954	7	4,655	observed
1955	7	4,740	observed
1956	5	5,952	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	6	5,408	observed
1959	6	5,566	observed
1960	5	6,390	observed
1961	13	3,608	observed
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Hildegarde” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Hildegarde— “battle maid protection”
Hildegarde, _f._ _Ger._ Teu. battle maid protection, 318
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hildegard of Bingen
1098–1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard of Vinzgouw
758–783
Queen of the Franks and Blessed (c. 771 – 783)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Princess Hildegard Louise of Bavaria
1825–1864
Bavarian princess (1825-1864)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Hildegarde with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20819061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Hildegarde

Hildegarde is a feminine given name documented in English, French, Danish and 1 other language.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

De l’allemand Hildegard.

Sources for this account (7)

French Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q20819061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Hildegarde is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hildegarde’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 1961: 13 girls (rank 3608). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 14 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hildegarde

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1961: 13; applications; Rank #3,608
Peak year: 1915; 124 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hildegarde in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	8	793	observed
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	8	860	observed
1888	8	959	observed
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	17	642	observed
1891	19	608	observed
1892	12	861	observed
1893	13	826	observed
1894	11	950	observed
1895	15	815	observed
1896	19	728	observed
1897	21	681	observed
1898	31	581	observed
1899	25	616	observed
1900	30	639	observed
1901	30	559	observed
1902	20	773	observed
1903	22	712	observed
1904	33	586	observed
1905	33	609	observed
1906	33	622	observed
1907	28	710	observed
1908	35	649	observed
1909	30	731	observed
1910	39	679	observed
1911	38	704	observed
1912	54	678	observed
1913	70	618	observed
1914	74	676	observed
1915	124	583	observed
1916	108	654	observed
1917	79	775	observed
1918	77	815	observed
1919	56	944	observed
1920	64	908	observed
1921	70	885	observed
1922	63	932	observed
1923	60	953	observed
1924	46	1,151	observed
1925	60	960	observed
1926	44	1,148	observed
1927	56	1,023	observed
1928	46	1,115	observed
1929	54	981	observed
1930	47	1,072	observed
1931	40	1,127	observed
1932	37	1,176	observed
1933	29	1,330	observed
1934	24	1,518	observed
1935	26	1,449	observed
1936	34	1,230	observed
1937	23	1,580	observed
1938	29	1,382	observed
1939	19	1,797	observed
1940	23	1,635	observed
1941	23	1,649	observed
1942	20	1,917	observed
1943	20	1,949	observed
1944	13	2,511	observed
1945	8	3,388	observed
1946	19	2,153	observed
1947	8	4,007	observed
1948	8	3,883	observed
1949	7	4,235	observed
1950	8	3,962	observed
1951	10	3,482	observed
1952	7	4,483	observed
1953	12	3,269	observed
1954	7	4,655	observed
1955	7	4,740	observed
1956	5	5,952	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	6	5,408	observed
1959	6	5,566	observed
1960	5	6,390	observed
1961	13	3,608	observed
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Hildegarde— “battle maid protection”
Hildegarde, _f._ _Ger._ Teu. battle maid protection, 318
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hildegard of Bingen
1098–1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard of Vinzgouw
758–783
Queen of the Franks and Blessed (c. 771 – 783)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Princess Hildegard Louise of Bavaria
1825–1864
Bavarian princess (1825-1864)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20819061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Hildegarde

Etymology in the sources

Where Hildegarde is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Vinzgouw

Princess Hildegard Louise of Bavaria

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Hildegard

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hildegarde

Etymology in the sources

Where Hildegarde is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Vinzgouw

Princess Hildegard Louise of Bavaria

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Hildegard

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page