Hillery
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to boys 50.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 501since 1887
Hillery over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
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| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,980 | 17 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
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| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
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| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Hillery! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hillery
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1887 at #921 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1887
- Highest: 1 in 20,282 boys born in 1887 were named Hillery (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
- 21.4% of all boys named Hillery (107) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1968, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #921 (1887) | #921 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,205 |
| 1910s | 82 | #2,045 (1912) | #2,290 |
| 1920s | 107 | #1,980 (1921) | #2,755 |
| 1930s | 97 | #1,964 (1936) | #2,511 |
| 1940s | 64 | #2,074 (1943) | #2,831 |
| 1950s | 73 | #2,246 (1951) | #3,048 |
| 1960s | 41 | #2,576 (1968) | #3,037 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,441 (1972) | #4,700 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,238 (1983) | #6,238 |
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.
Hillery in 1887
Top boys' names in 1887
More about 1887
boys
101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Hillery, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.