Hedwig
Hedwig is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 363rd, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1918159 births
- Best rank
- #363in 1891
- Since 1880
- 3,077people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,077 girls have been named Hedwig in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 159 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 159 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1917, and the 1910s alone account for 35%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1918, its biggest year
Hedwig was the 563rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Hedwig
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Albinapeak 1917
- Henriettepeak 1915
- Florencepeak 1918
- Agnespeak 1918
- Ednapeak 1918
- Gertrudepeak 1917
- Selmapeak 1918
- Magdalenpeak 1915
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.