girls:
26 births since 1896
#5690 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2015
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
31 births since 1896
#7708 (0th percentile)
The name Hilder is the #7,708 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1896. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2015.
Hilder first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (1896 for girls and 2015 for boys). Birth data for Hilder is available in 6 out of the 120 years between 1896 and 2015 (5 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Hilder has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2015, 0.0% of babies named Hilder were girls. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1896 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2006 to 2015).
For girls, Hilder reached its peak popularity in 1896, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #327) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1896, with 24 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1924.
For boys, Hilder reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #905) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hilder".
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