Hilma

Hilma is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Finland, East Frisia
US records 1880–2017: 0 male / 2,999 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Hilma

If you do not know Hilma’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hilma,” in English, “Guten Tag Hilma,” 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 Hilma,

German

Guten Tag Hilma,

French

Bonjour Hilma,

Spanish

Estimado/a Hilma:

Chinese

Hilma您好：

Japanese

Hilma様

English

Hi Hilma,

German

Hi Hilma,

French

Salut Hilma,

Spanish

Hola Hilma,

Chinese

Hilma你好：

Japanese

Hilmaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Hilma by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	uncommon	woman's name
Finland	rare	woman's name
East Frisia	rare	woman's name
Iceland	rare	woman's name
Czech Republic	rare	woman's name
Denmark	rare	woman's name
Netherlands	rare	woman's name
Norway	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

0 male · 2,999 female · 2,999 births recorded

Male ≈ 0%Female ≈ 100%

Frequently asked questions

Is Hilma a male or female name?

Hilma is classified as a 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 Hilma in an email?

Is Hilma a unisex name?

Hilma 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.

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.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Hilma a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/hilma. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_hilma,
  title  = {Is Hilma a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/hilma},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}