Hildegarde
Hildegarde Loretta Sell, known as Hildegarde was an American cabaret entertainer, singer and piano player. At the peak of her career, Hildegarde was popular for her international appearances and recordings on the radio, on television and in supper club shows.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Hildegarde
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hildegarde Loretta Sell, known as Hildegarde was an American cabaret entertainer, singer and piano player. At the peak of her career, Hildegarde was popular for her international appearances and recordings on the radio, on television and in supper club shows.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Hildegarde
The earliest SSA record of Hildegarde as a baby girl name dates back to 1885, when 8 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 124 newborns named Hildegarde — #583 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Hildegarde on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hildegarde last appeared in the published SSA data in 1961, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hildegarde
Hildegarde is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Hildegarde's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #583. Use the chart and map above to compare Hildegarde's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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