Hilary*
#890 most common girls' name of all time · #1,609 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#890
Rank overall
#1,609 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
26,368
Since 2016
298
Peak year
1990 #232
Best rank
#232 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 1,225/yr
Hilary first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2024 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,969 |
| 2023 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,824 |
| 2022 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,473 |
| 2021 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,968 |
| 2020 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,495 |
| 2019 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,441 |
| 2018 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #9,172 |
| 2017 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,104 |
| 2016 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,001 |
| 2015 | 56 | — | 56 | #3,026 |
| 2014 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,846 |
| 2013 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,661 |
| 2012 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,450 |
| 2011 | 79 | — | 79 | #2,347 |
| 2010 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,362 |
| 2009 | 87 | — | 87 | #2,247 |
| 2008 | 101 | — | 101 | #2,043 |
| 2007 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,439 |
| 2006 | 218 | — | 218 | #1,133 |
| 2005 | 219 | — | 219 | #1,086 |
| 2004 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,155 |
| 2003 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,721 |
| 2002 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,855 |
| 2001 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,018 |
| 2000 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,938 |
| 1999 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,942 |
| 1998 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,725 |
| 1997 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,515 |
| 1996 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,368 |
| 1995 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,324 |
| 1994 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,210 |
| 1993 | 344 | 6 | 350 | #647 |
| 1992 | 1,170 | 6 | 1,176 | #234 |
| 1991 | 1,149 | 5 | 1,154 | #242 |
| 1990 | 1,217 | 8 | 1,225 | #232 |
| 1989 | 1,026 | 15 | 1,041 | #261 |
| 1988 | 976 | 5 | 981 | #263 |
| 1987 | 873 | 8 | 881 | #281 |
| 1986 | 909 | 12 | 921 | #274 |
| 1985 | 1,054 | 13 | 1,067 | #244 |
| 1984 | 877 | 10 | 887 | #274 |
| 1983 | 655 | 14 | 669 | #346 |
| 1982 | 601 | 6 | 607 | #385 |
| 1981 | 625 | 12 | 637 | #372 |
| 1980 | 741 | 16 | 757 | #326 |
| 1979 | 882 | 10 | 892 | #275 |
| 1978 | 763 | 11 | 774 | #305 |
| 1977 | 580 | 14 | 594 | #369 |
| 1976 | 437 | 11 | 448 | #445 |
| 1975 | 452 | 9 | 461 | #439 |
| 1974 | 426 | 13 | 439 | #445 |
| 1973 | 375 | 10 | 385 | #478 |
| 1972 | 333 | 17 | 350 | #515 |
| 1971 | 348 | 12 | 360 | #526 |
| 1970 | 355 | 25 | 380 | #533 |
| 1969 | 347 | 12 | 359 | #527 |
| 1968 | 253 | 11 | 264 | #606 |
| 1967 | 234 | 15 | 249 | #623 |
| 1966 | 253 | 16 | 269 | #594 |
| 1965 | 247 | 13 | 260 | #619 |
| 1964 | 257 | 17 | 274 | #638 |
| 1963 | 250 | 24 | 274 | #641 |
| 1962 | 200 | 15 | 215 | #732 |
| 1961 | 206 | 24 | 230 | #726 |
| 1960 | 164 | 19 | 183 | #811 |
| 1959 | 146 | 32 | 178 | #846 |
| 1958 | 128 | 35 | 163 | #909 |
| 1957 | 173 | 31 | 204 | #759 |
| 1956 | 162 | 37 | 199 | #769 |
| 1955 | 138 | 35 | 173 | #824 |
| 1954 | 116 | 35 | 151 | #891 |
| 1953 | 114 | 39 | 153 | #883 |
| 1952 | 100 | 27 | 127 | #927 |
| 1951 | 103 | 28 | 131 | #894 |
| 1950 | 109 | 26 | 135 | #845 |
| 1949 | 86 | 34 | 120 | #963 |
| 1948 | 61 | 41 | 102 | #1,149 |
| 1947 | 62 | 42 | 104 | #1,143 |
| 1946 | 38 | 20 | 58 | #1,426 |
| 1945 | 45 | 28 | 73 | #1,180 |
| 1944 | 33 | 28 | 61 | #1,409 |
| 1943 | 27 | 35 | 62 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 36 | 25 | 61 | #1,354 |
| 1941 | 24 | 26 | 50 | #1,622 |
| 1940 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #2,457 |
| 1939 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #3,204 |
| 1938 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #3,221 |
| 1937 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #2,473 |
| 1936 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #2,905 |
| 1935 | 11 | 39 | 50 | #2,602 |
| 1934 | — | 33 | 33 | — |
| 1933 | 6 | 38 | 44 | #3,800 |
| 1932 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #3,070 |
| 1931 | 6 | 45 | 51 | #3,891 |
| 1930 | 8 | 36 | 44 | #3,386 |
| 1929 | 5 | 48 | 53 | #4,627 |
| 1928 | — | 42 | 42 | — |
| 1927 | 8 | 40 | 48 | #3,593 |
| 1926 | 8 | 45 | 53 | #3,593 |
| 1925 | — | 32 | 32 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | 53 | 58 | #5,116 |
| 1923 | 6 | 51 | 57 | #4,420 |
| 1922 | — | 38 | 38 | — |
| 1921 | — | 37 | 37 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | 42 | 48 | #4,432 |
| 1919 | 9 | 35 | 44 | #3,238 |
| 1918 | 6 | 47 | 53 | #4,329 |
| 1917 | — | 44 | 44 | — |
| 1916 | — | 40 | 40 | — |
| 1915 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #3,669 |
| 1913 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1912 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1902 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1887 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1883 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | — |