girls:
120 births since 1901
#5596 (2nd percentile)
overall:
120 births since 1901
#7619 (2nd percentile)
The name Hildagard is the #7,619 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 120 recorded births since 1901. This represents the 1.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,596 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 120 births since 1901.
Hildagard first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1901 (first recorded for girls in 1901). Birth data for Hildagard is available in 15 out of the 30 years between 1901 and 1930. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Hildagard reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #566) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 35 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1930.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hildagard".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hildagard. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.3% confident that Hildagard is pronounced as HIHL-duh-gahrd, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HIHL-duh-GAHRD, at 45.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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