Name meaning & stats
Hilda
Hilda means “battle” (Germanic origin). 24,948 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.
What it means
“battle”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1947
24,948 US babies were named Hilda between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Hilda (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1947)