Pilar
#3,296 for girls in 2025, 47 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to girls 88.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,505since 1896
Pilar 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,296 | 47 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,069 | 53 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,002 | 54 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,614 | 42 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,925 | 56 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,279 | 81 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,336 | 80 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,454 | 74 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,274 | 84 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,190 | 90 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,762 | 125 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #2,276 | 85 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,003 | 99 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,513 | 137 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #1,546 | 128 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #1,733 | 109 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,671 | 110 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,777 | 100 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #1,542 | 116 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 108 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,104 | 69 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #2,102 | 67 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #2,014 | 69 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #1,939 | 71 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #2,353 | 55 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #2,045 | 67 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 64 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #1,996 | 69 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #1,330 | 121 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #1,540 | 92 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,564 | 38 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,927 | 53 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #1,566 | 75 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #1,749 | 63 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #2,088 | 48 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #1,922 | 51 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #1,551 | 65 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #1,481 | 69 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,598 | 59 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,361 | 73 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #1,578 | 58 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #1,350 | 79 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #1,343 | 78 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #1,402 | 68 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #1,474 | 56 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #1,489 | 56 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #1,672 | 47 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #1,720 | 44 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #1,637 | 26 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Pilar! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Pilar
- 163 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #3,296)
- 75 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #3,296)
- 42 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #3,296)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1924 at #1,301 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,488 girls born in 2005 were named Pilar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,197 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,301 in 1924, was only 1 in 32,865 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.0% of all girls named Pilar (1,099) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1947, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,583 (1896) | #1,642 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,339 (1901) | #1,637 |
| 1910s | 154 | #1,405 (1913) | #1,779 |
| 1920s | 261 | #1,301 (1924) | #1,698 |
| 1930s | 165 | #1,720 (1935) | #2,008 |
| 1940s | 138 | #1,882 (1941) | #2,678 |
| 1950s | 246 | #1,637 (1951) | #2,222 |
| 1960s | 530 | #1,382 (1967) | #1,566 |
| 1970s | 626 | #1,343 (1970) | #1,632 |
| 1980s | 573 | #1,540 (1989) | #2,001 |
| 1990s | 760 | #1,330 (1990) | #1,955 |
| 2000s | 1,099 | #1,513 (2005) | #1,801 |
| 2010s | 627 | #2,274 (2010) | #2,847 |
| 2020s | 288 | #3,069 (2021) | #3,290 |
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.
Pilar in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 30,217 of them was named Pilar, which outranked 80.7% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,463Ranae57
- #1,463Ronette57
- #1,463Vilma57
- #1,474Pilar56
- #1,474Bette56
- #1,474Chrissy56
- #1,474Darcey56
- #1,488Alycia55
- #1,488Annalisa55
- #1,488Awilda55
Tied with 13 names at #1,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 222,933 of them was named Pilar, which outranked 34.2% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).