Hulda
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name popular in the 19th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hulda (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hulda has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,861 |
| 2000 | 1,687 |
| 2001 | 1,546 |
| 2002 | 1,405 |
| 2003 | 1,303 |
| 2004 | 1,208 |
| 2005 | 1,099 |
| 2006 | 1,002 |
| 2007 | 924 |
| 2008 | 840 |
| 2009 | 777 |
| 2010 | 743 |
| 2011 | 696 |
| 2012 | 635 |
| 2013 | 603 |
| 2014 | 571 |
| 2015 | 551 |
| 2016 | 516 |
| 2017 | 485 |
| 2018 | 476 |
| 2019 | 458 |
| 2020 | 441 |
Hulda in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hulda.Hi! My name is Hulda.
- Hulda bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Hulda lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Hulda har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hulda has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Huldas mamma är lärare.Hulda's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Huldas mamma is Hulda's mum.
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Questions about Hulda
How do you pronounce Hulda in Swedish?
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What does the name Hulda mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name popular in the 19th century.
How popular is Hulda in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Hulda in 2022. In 2020, 441 people in Sweden had Hulda as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2013 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.