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Hedwig

Girl

Short-lived name

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Hedwig peaked in 1918, when 1 baby in 13,654 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 35% of all babies named Hedwig since 1880 were born in the 1910s.
3,077births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 563rank at its peak, in 1918

Where babies named Hedwig are born

1918

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The darker the blue, the more common Hedwig is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Hedwig is most common in New Jersey (5.3 times), Pennsylvania (2.9) and New York (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

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