first name
HILARY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,293 people named Hilary, 82.2% reported their origin as White, 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as Black. 95.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hilary peaked in 1990, when 1,225 babies got the name.
At least 26,368 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
Hilary by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #568. The largest share of babies named Hilary, 45.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Hilary is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hilary has been most common in New Hampshire (2.3×), Maine (2.1×), and Idaho (1.9×), and least common in Arkansas (0.14×).
21,155 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.
Either side of Hilary
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hilary, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hilary ranks #134,631 of 156,621, with 130 people. See Hilary as a last name
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