Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hillis

#8,033 most common boys' name of all time · #20,240 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1912–1986

Rank among boys
#8,033
Rank overall
#20,240 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
421
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #2,234
Best rank
#1,853 1942
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
1920194019601980

Hillis first appears in 1912. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1986 — 5 5 #6,883
1970 — 6 6 #4,357
1961 — 5 5 #4,248
1952 — 6 6 #3,509
1951 — 5 5 #3,877
1950 — 8 8 #2,893
1947 — 13 13 #2,226
1946 — 7 7 #3,043
1945 — 6 6 #3,149
1944 — 5 5 #3,592
1942 — 16 16 #1,853
1941 — 14 14 #1,969
1940 — 6 6 #3,280
1939 — 5 5 #3,671
1938 — 6 6 #3,346
1937 — 7 7 #3,030
1936 — 13 13 #2,038
1935 — 10 10 #2,473
1934 — 9 9 #2,665
1933 — 6 6 #3,439
1932 — 9 9 #2,756
1931 — 10 10 #2,579
1930 — 12 12 #2,390
1929 — 16 16 #1,990
1928 — 12 12 #2,471
1927 8 10 18 #2,825
1926 — 15 15 #2,155
1925 — 15 15 #2,169
1924 — 11 11 #2,730
1923 — 16 16 #2,101
1922 — 9 9 #3,124
1921 — 15 15 #2,232
1920 — 13 13 #2,422
1919 — 16 16 #2,050
1918 5 14 19 #2,234
1917 — 12 12 #2,380
1916 — 11 11 #2,495
1915 — 10 10 #2,559
1914 — 8 8 #2,575
1913 — 10 10 #1,937
1912 — 6 6 #2,484