Given name & surname
Hilla
“cloudberry”
Hilla is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Finnish use, Hilla is a diminutive of Hilda. An origin associated with Hilda is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Hilla is a diminutive of Hilda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 174 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 83,787 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hilla’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Hilla is a diminutive of Hilda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hilla
- Hilla Limanneighth President of the Republic of Ghana (1934–1998)
- Hilla von RebayAmerican artist of German descent (1890–1967)
- Hilla BecherGerman photographer (1934–2015)
- Hilla NachshonIsraeli television host, producer, and former modelborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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