Hilliard
Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,859since 1880
Hilliard over time
Rank among boys' names. Hilliard has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1946 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #1,356 | 24 |
| 1935 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1933 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,216 | 31 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,312 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,026 | 47 |
| 1922 | #1,046 | 45 |
| 1921 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #947 | 53 |
| 1919 | #938 | 51 |
| 1918 | #966 | 48 |
| 1917 | #982 | 44 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #952 | 43 |
| 1914 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #666 | 13 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #518 | 16 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #554 | 13 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #556 | 11 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #600 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hilliard was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hilliard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1917 (#1,415 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 463 spots in 1916 (#952 → #1,415)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #518 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1907–1915
- Highest: 1 in 7,473 boys born in 1896 were named Hilliard (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all boys named Hilliard (408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #554 (1888) | #725 |
| 1890s | 70 | #518 (1896) | #780 |
| 1900s | 93 | #666 (1905) | #816 |
| 1910s | 322 | #835 (1912) | #992 |
| 1920s | 408 | #947 (1920) | #1,130 |
| 1930s | 230 | #1,173 (1934) | #1,494 |
| 1940s | 241 | #1,227 (1949) | #1,447 |
| 1950s | 182 | #1,408 (1953) | #1,894 |
| 1960s | 121 | #1,963 (1966) | #2,428 |
| 1970s | 56 | #3,223 (1973) | #4,415 |
| 1980s | 50 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,385 |
| 1990s | 13 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,030 |
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.
Hilliard in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 18,793 of them was named Hilliard, which outranked 23.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).