Hillard

Last seen for boys in 2002 at #10,667

Peak · boys
1906 · 15 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,356
since 1880

Hillard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hillard has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #613, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#10,6675
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#7,2716
1990
1989#6,2297
1988
1987
1986#5,9266
1985
1984#5,5616
1983
1982#6,3855
1981
1980
1979#3,56911
1978#5,7725
1977#3,60610
1976#3,47110
1975
1974#2,94612
1973#3,01311
1972#3,6228
1971#3,9637
1970#2,29316
1969#4,4045
1968#2,31113
1967#2,24213
1966#1,81418
1965#2,17814
1964#2,31013
1963#2,41412
1962#2,50411
1961#2,32213
1960#2,12115
1959#2,8219
1958#1,72421
1957#1,71522
1956#1,94517
1955#2,13914
1954#1,38230
1953#1,76519
1952#1,54724
1951#1,48925
1950#1,20336
1949#1,61621
1948#1,32330
1947#1,33630
1946#1,23632
1945#1,13933
1944#1,08537
1943#1,30828
1942#1,24431
1941#1,25428
1940#1,20831
1939#1,01539
1938#1,03039
1937#1,21230
1936#1,18231
1935#1,09835
1934#1,11635
1933#1,23029
1932#86255
1931#98345
1930#91553
1929#80165
1928#82663
1927#84064
1926#69982
1925#77971
1924#84965
1923#87361
1922#84066
1921#80471
1920#87761
1919#85060
1918#83162
1917#96445
1916#81058
1915#87949
1914#90736
1913#93028
1912#1,26814
1911#98212
1910#1,04510
1909#1,0838
1908#9469
1907#9309
1906#61315
1905#8369
1904#1,0646
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900#9688
1899#9286
1898#7449
1897
1896
1895#9786
1894#7878
1893#8367
1892#68810
1891
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888
1887#6319
1886
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hillard was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hillard
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
  • Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1913 (#1,268#930)
  • Biggest drop: 368 spots in 1933 (#862#1,230)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1906 at #613 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 63 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1913–1932
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,877
  • Highest: 1 in 8,877 boys born in 1906 were named Hillard (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 388,303 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.4% of all boys named Hillard (669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#631 (1887)#816
1890s51#688 (1892)#851
1900s69#613 (1906)#947
1910s374#810 (1916)#947
1920s669#699 (1926)#819
1930s391#862 (1932)#1,064
1940s301#1,085 (1944)#1,275
1950s217#1,203 (1950)#1,773
1960s127#1,814 (1966)#2,462
1970s90#2,293 (1970)#3,584
1980s24#5,561 (1984)#6,025
1990s6#7,271 (1991)#7,271
2000s11#9,112 (2000)#9,890

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hillard in 1889

boys
#974
5 births · 1 in 22,116 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #974Hillard5
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Hillard, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hillard
  1. #878Williams6
  2. #878Winford6
  3. #878Wright6
  4. #974Hillard5
  5. #974Abie5
  6. #974Alphonsus5
  7. #974Alta5

Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889