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Hildegarde

Girl

Origin of the name

Hildegarde comes from the German Hildegard. Saint Hildegard of Bingen, abbess and scholar of the 12th century, made it famous.

Short-lived name

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The high point came in 1915, with 124 births and the No. 583 spot that year. 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. 31% of all babies named Hildegarde since 1880 were born in the 1910s.
2,326births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 583rank at its peak, in 1915

Where babies named Hildegarde are born

1915

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Hildegarde is most common in Wisconsin (13.4 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Names from the same era

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