Hilton
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,925since 1882
Hilton over time
Rank among boys' names. Hilton has never cracked the top 400 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 | #14,942 | 5 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | — | #3,571 | 31 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,094 | 25 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,533 | 21 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,983 | 18 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,444 | 31 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,227 | 33 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,447 | 28 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,887 | 35 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,817 | 33 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,681 | 35 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,674 | 34 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,376 | 23 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,782 | 29 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,750 | 28 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,214 | 34 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,406 | 29 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,308 | 30 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,909 | 34 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,272 | 25 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,890 | 29 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,012 | 24 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,450 | 40 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,559 | 33 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,618 | 30 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,586 | 30 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,196 | 47 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,008 | 58 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,083 | 47 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,215 | 38 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,027 | 50 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1963 | — | #873 | 74 | |
| 1962 | — | #930 | 66 | |
| 1961 | — | #958 | 64 | |
| 1960 | — | #813 | 88 | |
| 1959 | — | #843 | 80 | |
| 1958 | — | #828 | 82 | |
| 1957 | — | #783 | 92 | |
| 1956 | — | #727 | 102 | |
| 1955 | — | #818 | 80 | |
| 1954 | — | #751 | 90 | |
| 1953 | — | #839 | 73 | |
| 1952 | — | #653 | 112 | |
| 1951 | — | #766 | 83 | |
| 1950 | — | #701 | 96 | |
| 1949 | — | #793 | 75 | |
| 1948 | — | #673 | 100 | |
| 1947 | — | #737 | 87 | |
| 1946 | — | #716 | 83 | |
| 1945 | — | #654 | 85 | |
| 1944 | — | #730 | 72 | |
| 1943 | — | #642 | 99 | |
| 1942 | — | #667 | 93 | |
| 1941 | — | #620 | 95 | |
| 1940 | — | #607 | 95 | |
| 1939 | — | #581 | 97 | |
| 1938 | — | #656 | 83 | |
| 1937 | — | #621 | 87 | |
| 1936 | — | #797 | 59 | |
| 1935 | — | #573 | 102 | |
| 1934 | — | #637 | 88 | |
| 1933 | — | #582 | 99 | |
| 1932 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1931 | — | #539 | 117 | |
| 1930 | — | #579 | 107 | |
| 1929 | — | #564 | 110 | |
| 1928 | — | #552 | 122 | |
| 1927 | — | #589 | 111 | |
| 1926 | — | #563 | 119 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #577 | 116 |
| 1924 | — | #545 | 135 | |
| 1923 | — | #594 | 113 | |
| 1922 | — | #542 | 134 | |
| 1921 | — | #616 | 106 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #521 | 138 |
| 1919 | — | #616 | 97 | |
| 1918 | — | #575 | 112 | |
| 1917 | — | #557 | 111 | |
| 1916 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #632 | 84 |
| 1914 | — | #632 | 64 | |
| 1913 | — | #641 | 48 | |
| 1912 | — | #681 | 39 | |
| 1911 | — | #597 | 26 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #591 | 18 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Hilton! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hilton
- 542 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #6,446)
- 2,793 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #6,446)
- 939 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 319 spots in 1905 (#810 → #491)
- Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1908 (#591 → #877)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1905 at #491 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1901–1964
- Highest: 1 in 6,300 boys born in 1905 were named Hilton (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.4% of all boys named Hilton (1,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #752 (1887) | #863 |
| 1890s | 56 | #663 (1898) | #880 |
| 1900s | 123 | #491 (1905) | #739 |
| 1910s | 704 | #557 (1917) | #613 |
| 1920s | 1,204 | #521 (1920) | #566 |
| 1930s | 918 | #539 (1931) | #626 |
| 1940s | 884 | #607 (1940) | #684 |
| 1950s | 890 | #653 (1952) | #771 |
| 1960s | 592 | #813 (1960) | #998 |
| 1970s | 351 | #1,117 (1970) | #1,565 |
| 1980s | 287 | #1,619 (1980) | #2,038 |
| 1990s | 254 | #2,214 (1992) | #2,934 |
| 2000s | 298 | #2,674 (2000) | #3,344 |
| 2010s | 220 | #3,571 (2019) | #4,547 |
| 2020s | 121 | #3,653 (2020) | #5,019 |
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.
Hilton in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 243,477 of them was named Hilton, which outranked 13.8% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 798 names at #4,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 9,620 of them was named Hilton, which outranked 88.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).