first name
HILLARY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,773 people named Hillary, 75.1% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as Black. 97.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hillary peaked in 1992, when 2,527 babies got the name.
At least 30,305 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.
Hillary by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #508. The largest share of babies named Hillary, 55.5%, 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 Hillary is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hillary has been most common in Vermont (3.5×), New Hampshire (2.4×), and Maine (2.1×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.32×).
26,066 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 Hillary
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hillary, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hillary ranks #21,322 of 156,621, with 1,250 people. See Hillary as a last name
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