girls:
789 births since 1892
#4927 (14th percentile)
boys:
97 births since 1914
#4489 (2nd percentile)
overall:
886 births since 1892
#6853 (11th percentile)
The name Hildreth is the #6,853 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 886 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,927 (13.8% percentile) for all time with 789 births since 1892. For boys, it ranks #4,489 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 97 births since 1914.
Hildreth first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Hildreth is available in 53 out of the 65 years between 1892 and 1956 (53 years for girls and 13 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 Hildreth has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.1% of all recorded births being female. In 1956, 100.0% of babies named Hildreth were girls.
For girls, Hildreth reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #555) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1905, with 45 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1956.
For boys, Hildreth reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #528) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1949.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hildreth".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hildreth. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.2% confident that Hildreth is pronounced as HIHL-drehth, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HIHL-drihth, at 34.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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