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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1896
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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 163 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #3,296)
- 75 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #3,296)
- 42 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #3,296)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1924 at #1,301 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,488
- 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
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 20.0% of all girls named Pilar (1,099) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1948
- 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 2009
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#2,190
90 births · 1 in 20,412 girls
Top girls' names in 2009
More about 2009
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1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 20,412 of them was named Pilar, which outranked 89.2% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Pilar
- #2,183Samiah91
- #2,183Sanaya91
- #2,183Sincere91
- #2,190Pilar90
- #2,190Corina90
- #2,190Elexis90
- #2,190Ezra90
- #2,204Analiese89
- #2,204Anniston89
- #2,204Brigid89
Tied with 13 names at #2,190; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.