How rare is the name Hilton?

3,566 people in the United States have the first name Hilton, about 1 in 84,698. It ranks #4,984 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HILTON

#4,984

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,566
About
1 in 84,698
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,566 people named Hilton, 44.3% reported their origin as White, 35.3% as Black and 11.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hilton peaked in 1920, when 143 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
143
In 2025*
18 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,990 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.

Hilton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,212. The largest share of babies named Hilton, 25.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,20423
1890s#2,09456
1900s#1,713123
1910s#1,298709
1920s#1,2121,214
1930s#1,301918
1940s#1,493884
1950s#1,794890
1960s#2,365592
1970s#3,672351
1980s#4,985287
1990s#6,806254
2000s#7,639298
2010s#9,614231
2020s#8,544160
Before 19011.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2725.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4524.2%
Baby boom 1946–6422.7%
Generation X 1965–808.9%
Millennials 1981–966.1%
Generation Z 1997–126.5%
2013 and later4.5%

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 Hilton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hilton has been most common in Louisiana (13×), Mississippi (10×), and Georgia (4.8×), and least common in California (0.14×).

3,405 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 Hilton

1 other first name also has 3,566 people.

#4,984 Elouise · 3,566

Either side of Hilton

#4,981 Una · 3,568#4,984 Elouise · 3,566#4,986 Marwa · 3,562#4,987 Wing · 3,560

Also a last name

As a last name, Hilton ranks #1,256 of 156,621, with 27,585 people. See Hilton as a last name

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