Hilbert
Hilbert is a boy's name that peaked in 1922, when it was the 717th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1998. About 400 Hilberts are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 70.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Hilbert
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 2,020
- Estimated living today
- 400
- Median age today
- 70
- Peak year
- 1922
- Best rank
- 717th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1900
How old the living Hilberts are
born that year still alive today
Of the 2,020 babies given the name since 1900, about 400 are alive — 20 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1955 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where the name comes from
Origin Germanic languages
From a Middle English given name of Proto-Germanic origin, from Old English hild (“battle”) + beorht (“bright”) (Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz).
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Hilberts
- Hilbert van der Duim (born 1957)Dutch speed skater
People named Hilbert with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Hilbert is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Hilbert is most concentrated in Wisconsin (17.3×), Indiana (7.8×), Michigan (2.1×), Illinois (1.2×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1922
The most popular boys’ names the year Hilbert peaked:
Related names
Hilbert against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.