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Baby name
Hilda
Girl
Origin of the name
Hilda comes from the Germanic hild, “battle.” It spread in the 19th century.
Classic name
81,022births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 123rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Hilda are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Hilda is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Hilda is most common in Louisiana (2.7 times), North Carolina (2.6) and North Dakota (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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