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Hilma

“will, desire” + “helmet, protection”

feminineLatin script

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Swedish

Origin: Not established
8 language contexts: English Spanish Swedish +5 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hilma

Hilma is a feminine given name documented in English, Spanish, Swedish and 5 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Wilhelmina, for which English Wikipedia gives the components “will, desire” + “helmet, protection”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “will, desire” + “helmet, protection”

Used in early 19th-century Scandinavian literature, probably as a variant of Wilhelmina.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Wilhelmina (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Documented usage

View usage notes (9)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q4356711
Feminine usage in Danish · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in English · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Finnish · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Faroese · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Norwegian · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Icelandic · French Wiktionary: Hilma

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Hilma” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q4356711.

All pronunciation details (3)

[ˈhilmɑ̝] — Finnish
/ˈhilmɑ/ — Finnish
/ˈhilmɑ/ — Finnish

02 / Across borders

Where Hilma 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 Hilma’s connections around the world.

7 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, 1971: 5 girls (rank 8324). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 19 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: Hilma

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1971: 5; applications; Rank #8,324
Peak year: 1915; 105 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

Hilma in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	10	547	observed
1881	17	405	observed
1882	16	458	observed
1883	27	343	observed
1884	28	377	observed
1885	34	341	observed
1886	27	416	observed
1887	26	435	observed
1888	37	403	observed
1889	29	454	observed
1890	42	384	observed
1891	34	430	observed
1892	40	419	observed
1893	41	422	observed
1894	38	450	observed
1895	44	426	observed
1896	38	467	observed
1897	47	425	observed
1898	44	465	observed
1899	47	424	observed
1900	38	556	observed
1901	51	421	observed
1902	35	545	observed
1903	34	558	observed
1904	38	537	observed
1905	32	620	observed
1906	42	541	observed
1907	48	517	observed
1908	53	500	observed
1909	35	669	observed
1910	41	663	observed
1911	46	634	observed
1912	47	729	observed
1913	45	782	observed
1914	87	613	observed
1915	105	644	observed
1916	99	687	observed
1917	93	721	observed
1918	102	716	observed
1919	78	797	observed
1920	101	720	observed
1921	72	868	observed
1922	75	845	observed
1923	59	966	observed
1924	75	864	observed
1925	63	940	observed
1926	46	1,115	observed
1927	65	924	observed
1928	35	1,290	observed
1929	47	1,064	observed
1930	42	1,144	observed
1931	32	1,287	observed
1932	40	1,130	observed
1933	42	1,076	observed
1934	22	1,603	observed
1935	28	1,381	observed
1936	17	1,873	observed
1937	23	1,580	observed
1938	25	1,505	observed
1939	17	1,947	observed
1940	21	1,745	observed
1941	20	1,810	observed
1942	18	2,046	observed
1943	19	1,994	observed
1944	12	2,625	observed
1945	15	2,237	observed
1946	7	3,994	observed
1947	19	2,279	observed
1948	12	2,974	observed
1949	9	3,612	observed
1950	17	2,436	observed
1951	11	3,284	observed
1952	13	3,040	observed
1953	12	3,269	observed
1954	6	5,148	observed
1955	12	3,377	observed
1956	8	4,467	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	7	5,031	observed
1960	8	4,773	observed
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	7	5,296	observed
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	5	8,324	observed
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 “Hilma” 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

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.

Hilma af Klint
1862–1944
Swedish artist (1862–1944)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick
1855–1932
painter from Sweden (1855-1932)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Hilma 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 forms8

Wikidata Q4356711CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Wilhelmina (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Hilma.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

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
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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 Hilma

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “will, desire” + “helmet, protection”

Used in early 19th-century Scandinavian literature, probably as a variant of Wilhelmina.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Wilhelmina (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Documented usage

View usage notes (9)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q4356711
Feminine usage in Danish · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in English · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Finnish · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Faroese · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Norwegian · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Hilma
Feminine usage in Icelandic · French Wiktionary: Hilma

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Hilma” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q4356711.

All pronunciation details (3)

[ˈhilmɑ̝] — Finnish
/ˈhilmɑ/ — Finnish
/ˈhilmɑ/ — Finnish

Where Hilma 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 Hilma’s connections around the world.

7 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, 1971: 5 girls (rank 8324). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 19 countries

Popularity over time

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

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hilma

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1971: 5; applications; Rank #8,324
Peak year: 1915; 105 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

Hilma in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	10	547	observed
1881	17	405	observed
1882	16	458	observed
1883	27	343	observed
1884	28	377	observed
1885	34	341	observed
1886	27	416	observed
1887	26	435	observed
1888	37	403	observed
1889	29	454	observed
1890	42	384	observed
1891	34	430	observed
1892	40	419	observed
1893	41	422	observed
1894	38	450	observed
1895	44	426	observed
1896	38	467	observed
1897	47	425	observed
1898	44	465	observed
1899	47	424	observed
1900	38	556	observed
1901	51	421	observed
1902	35	545	observed
1903	34	558	observed
1904	38	537	observed
1905	32	620	observed
1906	42	541	observed
1907	48	517	observed
1908	53	500	observed
1909	35	669	observed
1910	41	663	observed
1911	46	634	observed
1912	47	729	observed
1913	45	782	observed
1914	87	613	observed
1915	105	644	observed
1916	99	687	observed
1917	93	721	observed
1918	102	716	observed
1919	78	797	observed
1920	101	720	observed
1921	72	868	observed
1922	75	845	observed
1923	59	966	observed
1924	75	864	observed
1925	63	940	observed
1926	46	1,115	observed
1927	65	924	observed
1928	35	1,290	observed
1929	47	1,064	observed
1930	42	1,144	observed
1931	32	1,287	observed
1932	40	1,130	observed
1933	42	1,076	observed
1934	22	1,603	observed
1935	28	1,381	observed
1936	17	1,873	observed
1937	23	1,580	observed
1938	25	1,505	observed
1939	17	1,947	observed
1940	21	1,745	observed
1941	20	1,810	observed
1942	18	2,046	observed
1943	19	1,994	observed
1944	12	2,625	observed
1945	15	2,237	observed
1946	7	3,994	observed
1947	19	2,279	observed
1948	12	2,974	observed
1949	9	3,612	observed
1950	17	2,436	observed
1951	11	3,284	observed
1952	13	3,040	observed
1953	12	3,269	observed
1954	6	5,148	observed
1955	12	3,377	observed
1956	8	4,467	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	7	5,031	observed
1960	8	4,773	observed
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	7	5,296	observed
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	5	8,324	observed
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

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.

Hilma af Klint
1862–1944
Swedish artist (1862–1944)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick
1855–1932
painter from Sweden (1855-1932)
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 forms8

Wikidata Q4356711CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HilmaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Wilhelmina (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Hilma.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

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
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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 Hilma

Meaning in the sources

Where Hilma is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hilma af Klint

Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hilma

Meaning in the sources

Where Hilma is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hilma af Klint

Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page