Hilda
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hilda (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hilda has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 61 |
| 1999 | 76 |
| 2000 | 86 |
| 2001 | 111 |
| 2002 | 121 |
| 2003 | 114 |
| 2004 | 138 |
| 2005 | 149 |
| 2006 | 189 |
| 2007 | 186 |
| 2008 | 169 |
| 2009 | 160 |
| 2010 | 176 |
| 2011 | 153 |
| 2012 | 159 |
| 2013 | 174 |
| 2014 | 172 |
| 2015 | 132 |
| 2016 | 161 |
| 2017 | 155 |
| 2018 | 130 |
| 2019 | 139 |
| 2020 | 164 |
| 2021 | 178 |
| 2022 | 148 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,099 |
| 2000 | 2,987 |
| 2001 | 2,941 |
| 2002 | 2,899 |
| 2003 | 2,859 |
| 2004 | 2,860 |
| 2005 | 2,880 |
| 2006 | 2,973 |
| 2007 | 3,043 |
| 2008 | 3,138 |
| 2009 | 3,223 |
| 2010 | 3,321 |
| 2011 | 3,407 |
| 2012 | 3,517 |
| 2013 | 3,638 |
| 2014 | 3,789 |
| 2015 | 3,869 |
| 2016 | 3,993 |
| 2017 | 4,117 |
| 2018 | 4,216 |
| 2019 | 4,321 |
| 2020 | 4,449 |
Hilda in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hilda.Hi! My name is Hilda.
- Hilda bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Hilda lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Hilda kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Hilda is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Hildas mamma är lärare.Hilda's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hildas mamma is Hilda's mum.
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Questions about Hilda
How do you pronounce Hilda in Swedish?
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What does the name Hilda mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda.
How popular is Hilda in Sweden?
148 babies were named Hilda in 2022. In 2020, 4,449 people in Sweden had Hilda as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.