Hedwig
Recorded 1880–1968 · United States
Hedwig was most popular in 1918, when 159 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,027 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,077 people named Hedwig.
Hedwig over time
How old is the name Hedwig?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Hedwig is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 83 of the 146 years since. It was last recorded in 1968.
How many people are named Hedwig?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,077 American births named Hedwig between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 207 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Hedwig in 2025?
Hedwig was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Hedwig a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Hedwig is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,077 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Hedwig?
Roughly 207 Americans named Hedwig are alive today — 7% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 78 years old, and half are between 72 and 86.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Hedwig is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org