Hilary
Hilary is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. Its best rank was 232nd, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19901,217 births
- Best rank
- #232in 1990
- Since 1914
- 26,341people given the name
The story in the numbers
24,144 girls have been named Hilary in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 1,217 births.
The name has all but left use: 35 births in 2024, against 1,217 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 35%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 2,197 boys have also been given it, 8.3% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Hilary | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | |
| 1920s | 38 | |
| 1930s | 77 | |
| 1940s | 424 | |
| 1950s | 1,289 | |
| 1960s | 2,411 | |
| 1970s | 4,951 | |
| 1980s | 8,337 | |
| 1990s | 4,552 | |
| 2000s | 1,362 | |
| 2010s | 501 | |
| 2020s | 182 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Hilary was the 232nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Hilary
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeneepeak 1988
- Candrapeak 1984
- Sherellpeak 1987
- Kandrapeak 1988
- Kristinapeak 1985
- Aleshiapeak 1991
- Danniellepeak 1987
- Felishapeak 1989
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.