Hilda
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning battle or warrior.
Hilda by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Hilda. In the US, 36 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 2,128 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hilda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Hilda, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hilda
Nobody has voted for Hilda yet
Vote for Hilda and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Hilda