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
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 2,520 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 29,043since 1922
Hillary over time
Rank among girls' names. Hillary has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,583 | 67 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,327 | 79 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,466 | 72 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,463 | 73 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,061 | 52 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,245 | 49 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,713 | 63 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,368 | 172 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,580 | 138 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,333 | 177 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,451 | 154 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,452 | 157 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,380 | 166 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,379 | 168 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,237 | 200 | — | |
| 2008 | #722 | 412 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #961 | 282 | — | |
| 2006 | #981 | 265 | — | |
| 2005 | #885 | 285 | — | |
| 2004 | #808 | 311 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,025 | 225 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #1,077 | 197 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #886 | 259 | — | |
| 2000 | #874 | 252 | — | |
| 1999 | #852 | 254 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #867 | 243 | — | |
| 1997 | #725 | 294 | — | |
| 1996 | #693 | 312 | — | |
| 1995 | #686 | 310 | — | |
| 1994 | #565 | 409 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #261 | 1,064 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #132 | 2,520 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #166 | 1,791 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #192 | 1,525 | — | |
| 1989 | #209 | 1,284 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #245 | 1,084 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #240 | 1,079 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #239 | 1,083 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #246 | 1,047 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #247 | 1,009 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #330 | 697 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #321 | 754 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #321 | 735 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #300 | 835 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #264 | 921 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #318 | 719 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #451 | 442 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #529 | 331 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #536 | 322 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #540 | 312 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #612 | 252 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #633 | 242 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #648 | 251 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #639 | 257 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #717 | 198 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #741 | 178 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #802 | 155 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #905 | 124 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #982 | 111 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #908 | 132 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #861 | 148 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #1,014 | 112 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #1,036 | 111 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #1,165 | 83 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 94 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,109 | 89 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,027 | 99 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #1,186 | 71 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,123 | 77 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,481 | 40 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,250 | 54 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,559 | 19 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,816 | 19 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | — | #1,703 | 21 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,660 | 18 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1992 at #132 (2,520 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1963–2001
- Highest: 1 in 732 girls born in 1992 were named Hillary (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,989 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.1% of all girls named Hillary (9,607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,009 (1922) | #5,009 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 228 | #1,270 (1947) | #1,988 |
| 1950s | 708 | #1,027 (1956) | #1,217 |
| 1960s | 1,344 | #717 (1969) | #923 |
| 1970s | 4,049 | #264 (1979) | #517 |
| 1980s | 9,607 | #209 (1989) | #270 |
| 1990s | 8,722 | #132 (1992) | #514 |
| 2000s | 2,688 | #722 (2008) | #946 |
| 2010s | 1,289 | #1,333 (2014) | #1,935 |
| 2020s | 403 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 4,590 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 96.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 340,025 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 24.5% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #11,037Hillary6
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- #12,553Aadith5
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Tied with 1,515 names at #11,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.