Hilma
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name popular in the 19th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hilma (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hilma has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | 18 |
| 1999 | 24 |
| 2000 | 54 |
| 2001 | 44 |
| 2002 | 59 |
| 2003 | 52 |
| 2004 | 67 |
| 2005 | 80 |
| 2006 | 89 |
| 2007 | 95 |
| 2008 | 83 |
| 2009 | 100 |
| 2010 | 114 |
| 2011 | 126 |
| 2012 | 111 |
| 2013 | 146 |
| 2014 | 154 |
| 2015 | 131 |
| 2016 | 155 |
| 2017 | 152 |
| 2018 | 162 |
| 2019 | 169 |
| 2020 | 183 |
| 2021 | 238 |
| 2022 | 221 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,641 |
| 2000 | 1,555 |
| 2001 | 1,455 |
| 2002 | 1,389 |
| 2003 | 1,333 |
| 2004 | 1,281 |
| 2005 | 1,267 |
| 2006 | 1,269 |
| 2007 | 1,297 |
| 2008 | 1,324 |
| 2009 | 1,376 |
| 2010 | 1,433 |
| 2011 | 1,518 |
| 2012 | 1,593 |
| 2013 | 1,682 |
| 2014 | 1,808 |
| 2015 | 1,912 |
| 2016 | 2,052 |
| 2017 | 2,179 |
| 2018 | 2,320 |
| 2019 | 2,484 |
| 2020 | 2,651 |
Hilma in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hilma.Hi! My name is Hilma.
- Hilma har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hilma has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Hilmas mamma är lärare.Hilma's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hilmas mamma is Hilma's mum.
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Questions about Hilma
How do you pronounce Hilma in Swedish?
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What does the name Hilma mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name popular in the 19th century.
How popular is Hilma in Sweden?
221 babies were named Hilma in 2022. In 2020, 2,651 people in Sweden had Hilma as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 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.