Hillary

#2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to girls 95.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1992 · 2,520 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
29,043
since 1922

Hillary over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hillary has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #132, 1992girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,58367
2024#2,32779
2023#2,46672
2022#2,46373
2021#2,81860
2020#3,06152
2019#3,45145
2018#3,24549
2017#2,71363
2016#1,368172
2015#1,580138
2014#1,333177
2013#1,451154
2012#1,452157
2011#1,380166
2010#1,379168
2009#1,237200
2008#722412#11,0376
2007#961282
2006#981265
2005#885285
2004#808311
2003#1,025225#9,5816
2002#1,077197#10,6675
2001#886259
2000#874252
1999#852254#9,9125
1998#867243
1997#725294
1996#693312
1995#686310
1994#565409#6,9687
1993#2611,064#6,8167
1992#1322,520#6,6707
1991#1661,791#8,2365
1990#1921,525
1989#2091,284#3,80914
1988#2451,084#3,70513
1987#2401,079#4,23910
1986#2391,083#3,88211
1985#2461,047#3,59912
1984#2471,009#5,5616
1983#330697#6,2385
1982#321754#5,6196
1981#321735#3,03014
1980#300835#3,61511
1979#264921#3,16813
1978#318719#2,37519
1977#451442#3,20312
1976#529331#3,7249
1975#536322#3,42810
1974#540312#3,31810
1973#612252#4,0547
1972#633242#2,41815
1971#648251#2,68613
1970#639257#2,89111
1969#717198#2,30814
1968#741178#2,31113
1967#802155#2,9858
1966#905124#2,04315
1965#982111#2,08415
1964#908132#3,0508
1963#861148#1,90218
1962#1,014112#1,96217
1961#1,036111#1,99717
1960#1,26675#2,04216
1959#1,16583#2,53011
1958#1,08194#1,67722
1957#1,10989#1,95217
1956#1,02799#2,26313
1955#1,18671#1,61123
1954#1,12377#1,46627
1953#1,27658#1,70920
1952#1,46943#1,93916
1951#1,48140#1,77418
1950#1,25054#1,65720
1949#1,32348#2,12313
1948#1,40943#1,70319
1947#1,27051#2,07614
1946#1,64729#1,60120
1945#1,99318#1,69716
1944#1,96719#1,68317
1943#2,55813#2,7328
1942#3,7387#1,94614
1941#1,63318
1940#1,57319
1939#1,57818
1938#1,55919
1937#1,82815
1936#2,8547
1935#2,9517
1934#1,93214
1933#1,99713
1932#1,92215
1931#2,00314
1930#1,69319
1929#2,00215
1928#1,52224
1927#1,56124
1926#1,66121
1925#1,74520
1924#2,47312
1923#1,81619
1922#5,0095#1,88318
1921#1,70321
1920#1,88518
1919#2,06315
1918#1,82718
1917#1,98615
1916#2,25912
1915#1,66018
1914#2,2719
1913#1,80310
1912#2,2696
1911#1,1909
1910#1,5895
1909#1,1557
1908#1,2176
1907#1,0947
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,0096
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898#7449
1897#9426
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888#9176
1887
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1881
1880
First appearance
1922

The first year at least five girls were named Hillary! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Hillary
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 256 spots since 2024 (#2,327#2,583)
  • 478 spots since 2020 (#3,061#2,583)
  • 1,003 spots since 2015 (#1,580#2,583)
  • Biggest jump: 239 spots in 2008 (#961#722)
  • Biggest drop: 515 spots in 2009 (#722#1,237)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1992 at #132 (2,520 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1963–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 732
  • Highest: 1 in 732 girls born in 1992 were named Hillary (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,989 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Hillary (9,607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#5,009 (1922)#5,009
1930s0
1940s228#1,270 (1947)#1,988
1950s708#1,027 (1956)#1,217
1960s1,344#717 (1969)#923
1970s4,049#264 (1979)#517
1980s9,607#209 (1989)#270
1990s8,722#132 (1992)#514
2000s2,688#722 (2008)#946
2010s1,289#1,333 (2014)#1,935
2020s403#2,327 (2024)#2,620

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

Hillary in 1955

girls
#1,186
71 births · 1 in 27,539 girls
boys
#1,611
23 births · 1 in 89,560 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,186Hillary71

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,611Hillary23
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 27,539 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 82.4% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hillary
  1. #1,175Rosalee72
  2. #1,175Thomas72
  3. #1,175Vida72
  4. #1,186Hillary71
  5. #1,186Adrianne71
  6. #1,186Charlie71
  7. #1,186Corina71
  8. #1,197Drucilla70
  9. #1,197Emilia70
  10. #1,197Jeanetta70

Tied with 10 names at #1,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 89,560 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 63.4% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hillary
  1. #1,572Vidal24
  2. #1,572Virgle24
  3. #1,572Zachery24
  4. #1,611Hillary23
  5. #1,611Ann23
  6. #1,611Arvel23
  7. #1,611Barrie23
  8. #1,646Acie22
  9. #1,646Albin22
  10. #1,646Arland22

Tied with 34 names at #1,611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955