How rare is the name Pilar?

11,317 people in the United States have the first name Pilar, about 1 in 26,688. It ranks #2,285 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PILAR

#2,285

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,317
About
1 in 26,688
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,317 people named Pilar, 81.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.2% as White. 93.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Pilar peaked in 2005, when 145 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
145
In 2025*
47 ▼68%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 6,258 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.

Pilar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,304. The largest share of babies named Pilar, 25.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,47210
1900s#3,25328
1910s#2,590209
1920s#2,304384
1930s#2,756243
1940s#3,163226
1950s#2,934347
1960s#2,310616
1970s#2,415689
1980s#2,883646
1990s#3,049820
2000s#3,0611,125
2010s#4,813627
2020s#5,779288
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.8%
Silent Generation 1928–456.8%
Baby boom 1946–6411.8%
Generation X 1965–8017.5%
Millennials 1981–9618.2%
Generation Z 1997–1225.9%
2013 and later10.8%

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 Pilar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pilar has been most common in Texas (4.7×), California (3.7×), and New York (1.7×), and least common in Illinois (0.76×).

3,360 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 Pilar

#2,283 Cristobal · 11,329#2,284 Laney · 11,318#2,286 Leia · 11,311#2,287 Chaya · 11,308

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pilar, most common first.

#52,745 Pillar · 105

Also a last name

As a last name, Pilar ranks #28,052 of 156,621, with 906 people. See Pilar as a last name

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