Hedwig is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Hedwig is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1968. Hedwig was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (159 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,516 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #6,280 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #4,662 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #5,362 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #5,816 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,440 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #5,017 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,648 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #3,390 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,372 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,857 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,543 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #4,089 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #3,065 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,218 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,550 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,795 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,493 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,501 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,482 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #2,248 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | #2,042 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | #2,347 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | #2,236 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,805 |
| 1937 | 16 | — | #2,040 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,957 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #2,042 |
| 1934 | 17 | — | #1,950 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | #2,317 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #1,578 |
| 1931 | 27 | — | #1,435 |
| 1930 | 27 | — | #1,509 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | #1,463 |
| 1928 | 41 | — | #1,194 |
| 1927 | 52 | — | #1,068 |
| 1926 | 78 | — | #832 |
| 1925 | 61 | — | #955 |
| 1924 | 81 | — | #835 |
| 1923 | 99 | — | #730 |
| 1922 | 115 | — | #680 |
| 1921 | 125 | — | #659 |
| 1920 | 128 | — | #637 |
| 1919 | 152 | — | #559 |
| 1918 | 159 | — | #563 |
| 1917 | 137 | — | #577 |
| 1916 | 157 | — | #527 |
| 1915 | 152 | — | #504 |
| 1914 | 114 | — | #524 |
| 1913 | 67 | — | #630 |
| 1912 | 52 | — | #701 |
| 1911 | 57 | — | #570 |
| 1910 | 43 | — | #649 |
| 1909 | 30 | — | #735 |
| 1908 | 37 | — | #632 |
| 1907 | 26 | — | #746 |
| 1906 | 30 | — | #670 |
| 1905 | 28 | — | #674 |
| 1904 | 29 | — | #647 |
| 1903 | 29 | — | #615 |
| 1902 | 41 | — | #496 |
| 1901 | 27 | — | #608 |
| 1900 | 18 | — | #895 |
| 1899 | 32 | — | #530 |
| 1898 | 44 | — | #467 |
| 1897 | 28 | — | #575 |
| 1896 | 36 | — | #494 |
| 1895 | 41 | — | #445 |
| 1894 | 26 | — | #579 |
| 1893 | 28 | — | #523 |
| 1892 | 26 | — | #545 |
| 1891 | 47 | — | #363 |
| 1890 | 28 | — | #495 |
| 1889 | 18 | — | #608 |
| 1888 | 34 | — | #429 |
| 1887 | 25 | — | #453 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | #675 |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #673 |
| 1884 | 19 | — | #468 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | #724 |
| 1882 | 12 | — | #544 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #874 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #704 |