Hildred
Hildred is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 420 male / 2,404 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Hildred
If you do not know Hildred’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hildred,” in English, “Guten Tag Hildred,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Hildred,
German
Guten Tag Hildred,
French
Bonjour Hildred,
Spanish
Estimado/a Hildred:
Chinese
Hildred您好：
Japanese
Hildred様
English
Hi Hildred,
German
Hi Hildred,
French
Salut Hildred,
Spanish
Hola Hildred,
Chinese
Hildred你好：
Japanese
Hildredさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
United States birth data
420 male · 2,404 female · 2,824 births recorded
Frequently asked questions
Is Hildred a male or female name?
Hildred is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Hildred in an email?
If you do not know Hildred’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hildred,” in English, “Guten Tag Hildred,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Hildred a unisex name?
Hildred is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Hildred a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/hildred. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_hildred,
title = {Is Hildred a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/hildred},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}