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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
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 1968

girls
#741
178 births · 1 in 9,216 girls
boys
#2,311
13 births · 1 in 133,690 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #741Hillary178

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #2,311Hillary13
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 9,216 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 91.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hillary
  1. #738Dedra179
  2. #738Stacia179
  3. #738Tisha179
  4. #741Hillary178
  5. #741Chantel178
  6. #743Athena177
  7. #743Ava177
  8. #743Machelle177

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 133,690 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 51.3% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hillary
  1. #2,200Yisroel14
  2. #2,200York14
  3. #2,200Yosef14
  4. #2,311Hillary13
  5. #2,311Aden13
  6. #2,311Alexei13
  7. #2,311Allie13
  8. #2,445Abdullah12
  9. #2,445Adriano12
  10. #2,445Ames12

Tied with 133 names at #2,311; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 649Dustin#1,018#369
  2. 567Damion#1,411#844
  3. 490Korey#1,388#898
  4. 434Darby#1,364#930
  5. 393Jamal#1,181#788
Fallers
  1. 926Illya#968#1,894
  2. 357Maury#925#1,282
  3. 298Cedrick#885#1,183
  4. 290Dell#875#1,165
  5. 257Faron#843#1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968