Fun Facts About the Name Ilda
- More than 1 thousand babies named Ilda: U.S. records list 1,522 babies given the name Ilda from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ilda Mean?
Ilda is a feminine given name whose meaning goes back to the Germanic element hild, "battle." It is usually explained as a short form of a longer name built on that element, most often Hildegard (hild "battle" plus gard "protection, enclosure"), whose Italian form is Ildegarda, or as a variant of Hilda, which comes from the same root. In either case the literal sense is "battle." The initial h- of the Germanic forms was commonly dropped in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, so Ilda and Hilda are the same name adapted to different languages and spellings. Some reference works also connect Ilda with the Gothic-derived Spanish name Ildefonso (Gothic hild "battle" plus funs "ready") and its feminine form, though that link is less firmly established than the connection to Hildegard and Hilda.
Ilda Name History & Origins
Ilda belongs to the large family of names that spread through Europe with the Germanic peoples. The element hild "battle" appears in many two-part Germanic names, among them Hildegard, Hilda, and the Gothic Hildefuns (later Spanish Ildefonso). Germanic settlement and rule in Italy (the Lombards) and in the Iberian Peninsula (the Visigoths) carried such names into the Romance languages, where the opening h- was often lost and the long endings were trimmed. Ilda is one product of that process: a short, familiar form of a longer hild- name. Italian keeps the full form as Ildegarda, with Ilda as its everyday shortening, while in Portuguese and Spanish Ilda also stands on its own as a given name. The best-known bearer of the long form is Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179), the German abbess, composer, and writer, whose name is preserved in German and in its Italian and Romance equivalents. The history of Ilda is therefore the history of the hild- names from which it was shortened, rather than a separate line of development.
How Popular is the Name Ilda?
Ilda recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1921. Its best rank was #859 in 1905.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #16,160 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #12,639 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #16,233 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #16,036 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #16,461 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #12,983 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #16,826 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #17,480 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #15,330 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #15,697 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #17,811 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,740 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #11,832 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #8,682 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #8,702 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #8,417 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #9,697 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #13,269 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #14,539 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #9,071 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #7,091 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #8,791 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #7,409 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #6,847 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #11,269 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #8,388 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #7,710 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #5,544 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #6,072 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #7,204 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #7,121 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #6,605 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #7,152 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #5,706 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #7,587 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #5,547 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #4,930 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #6,038 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #4,344 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #4,071 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #4,812 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1980 | #3,249 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 1979 | #3,479 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1978 | #3,967 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1977 | #3,668 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1975 | #4,429 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #3,920 | 16 | 0.0011% |
| 1973 | #3,274 | 20 | 0.0014% |
| 1972 | #4,163 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1971 | #4,013 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1970 | #3,770 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1969 | #3,845 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1968 | #3,088 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1967 | #3,388 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1966 | #5,026 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #4,037 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1964 | #3,038 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1963 | #3,692 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1962 | #3,215 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1961 | #3,376 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1960 | #3,780 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1959 | #4,135 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #4,661 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #4,349 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #2,971 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #3,890 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #4,873 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #2,989 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #3,932 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #3,177 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #4,484 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #4,402 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #4,969 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #4,165 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #3,504 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1943 | #4,953 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #4,920 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #2,926 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1940 | #3,333 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #2,239 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1938 | #4,596 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #2,086 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1935 | #2,357 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1934 | #2,230 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1933 | #3,563 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #3,413 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #1,769 | 20 | 0.0019% |
| 1930 | #2,056 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1929 | #1,913 | 19 | 0.0017% |
| 1928 | #2,135 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1927 | #1,790 | 23 | 0.0019% |
| 1926 | #2,625 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1925 | #1,666 | 26 | 0.0021% |
| 1924 | #1,693 | 26 | 0.0021% |
| 1923 | #1,977 | 20 | 0.0017% |
| 1922 | #2,222 | 17 | 0.0014% |
| 1921 | #1,386 | 34 | 0.0028% |
| 1920 | #1,919 | 21 | 0.0018% |
| 1919 | #2,116 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1918 | #1,914 | 20 | 0.0017% |
| 1917 | #1,448 | 27 | 0.0025% |
| 1916 | #1,503 | 25 | 0.0024% |
| 1915 | #1,760 | 19 | 0.0019% |
| 1914 | #2,186 | 11 | 0.0014% |
| 1913 | #1,559 | 15 | 0.0024% |
| 1911 | #1,714 | 9 | 0.0022% |
| 1910 | #1,466 | 11 | 0.0028% |
| 1909 | #1,860 | 7 | 0.0020% |
| 1908 | #1,231 | 12 | 0.0036% |
| 1907 | #1,334 | 10 | 0.0031% |
| 1906 | #1,372 | 9 | 0.0030% |
| 1905 | #859 | 19 | 0.0065% |
| 1904 | #1,413 | 8 | 0.0029% |
| 1900 | #1,498 | 8 | 0.0027% |
| 1899 | #1,715 | 5 | 0.0021% |
| 1898 | #1,813 | 5 | 0.0019% |
| 1897 | #1,453 | 6 | 0.0026% |
| 1896 | #1,079 | 10 | 0.0042% |
| 1895 | #1,495 | 6 | 0.0026% |
| 1894 | #1,283 | 7 | 0.0031% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Ilda Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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