How rare is the name Hilario?

8,764 people in the United States have the first name Hilario, about 1 in 34,463. It ranks #2,679 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HILARIO

#2,679

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,764
About
1 in 34,463
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,764 people named Hilario, 92.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.8% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hilario peaked in 1996, when 71 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
71
In 2025*
30 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,681 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hilario by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,246. The largest share of babies named Hilario, 19.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#2,96218
1900s#4,05512
1910s#3,087160
1920s#2,246399
1930s#2,261347
1940s#2,474355
1950s#2,744393
1960s#3,122359
1970s#3,191448
1980s#3,371513
1990s#3,668625
2000s#5,058549
2010s#7,356339
2020s#8,581159
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–279.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.9%
Baby boom 1946–6415.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.8%
Millennials 1981–9619.5%
Generation Z 1997–1217.6%
2013 and later8.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hilario is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hilario has been most common in Texas (8.6×), New Mexico (4.5×), and California (2.9×), and least common in California (2.9×).

3,212 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Hilario

1 other first name also has 8,764 people.

#2,679 Keagan · 8,764

Either side of Hilario

#2,677 Antwan · 8,771#2,677 Marquita · 8,771#2,679 Keagan · 8,764#2,681 Janeth · 8,755

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hilario, most common first.

#1,414 Hilary · 24,293#6,970 Hilaria · 2,240#14,944 Hilarie · 779#26,192 Hillarie · 357#29,280 Hilari · 303#30,312 Hillari · 288

Also a last name

As a last name, Hilario ranks #7,638 of 156,621, with 4,177 people. See Hilario as a last name

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