Hillary

#2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to girls 95.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1992 · 2,520 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
29,043
since 1922

Hillary over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hillary has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #132, 1992girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,58367—
2024#2,32779—
2023#2,46672—
2022#2,46373—
2021#2,81860—
2020#3,06152—
2019#3,45145—
2018#3,24549—
2017#2,71363—
2016#1,368172—
2015#1,580138—
2014#1,333177—
2013#1,451154—
2012#1,452157—
2011#1,380166—
2010#1,379168—
2009#1,237200—
2008#722412#11,0376
2007#961282—
2006#981265—
2005#885285—
2004#808311—
2003#1,025225#9,5816
2002#1,077197#10,6675
2001#886259—
2000#874252—
1999#852254#9,9125
1998#867243—
1997#725294—
1996#693312—
1995#686310—
1994#565409#6,9687
1993#2611,064#6,8167
1992#1322,520#6,6707
1991#1661,791#8,2365
1990#1921,525—
1989#2091,284#3,80914
1988#2451,084#3,70513
1987#2401,079#4,23910
1986#2391,083#3,88211
1985#2461,047#3,59912
1984#2471,009#5,5616
1983#330697#6,2385
1982#321754#5,6196
1981#321735#3,03014
1980#300835#3,61511
1979#264921#3,16813
1978#318719#2,37519
1977#451442#3,20312
1976#529331#3,7249
1975#536322#3,42810
1974#540312#3,31810
1973#612252#4,0547
1972#633242#2,41815
1971#648251#2,68613
1970#639257#2,89111
1969#717198#2,30814
1968#741178#2,31113
1967#802155#2,9858
1966#905124#2,04315
1965#982111#2,08415
1964#908132#3,0508
1963#861148#1,90218
1962#1,014112#1,96217
1961#1,036111#1,99717
1960#1,26675#2,04216
1959#1,16583#2,53011
1958#1,08194#1,67722
1957#1,10989#1,95217
1956#1,02799#2,26313
1955#1,18671#1,61123
1954#1,12377#1,46627
1953#1,27658#1,70920
1952#1,46943#1,93916
1951#1,48140#1,77418
1950#1,25054#1,65720
1949#1,32348#2,12313
1948#1,40943#1,70319
1947#1,27051#2,07614
1946#1,64729#1,60120
1945#1,99318#1,69716
1944#1,96719#1,68317
1943#2,55813#2,7328
1942#3,7387#1,94614
1941—#1,63318
1940—#1,57319
1939—#1,57818
1938—#1,55919
1937—#1,82815
1936—#2,8547
1935—#2,9517
1934—#1,93214
1933—#1,99713
1932—#1,92215
1931—#2,00314
1930—#1,69319
1929—#2,00215
1928—#1,52224
1927—#1,56124
1926—#1,66121
1925—#1,74520
1924—#2,47312
1923—#1,81619
1922#5,0095#1,88318
1921—#1,70321
1920—#1,88518
1919—#2,06315
1918—#1,82718
1917—#1,98615
1916—#2,25912
1915—#1,66018
1914—#2,2719
1913—#1,80310
1912—#2,2696
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,1557
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,0947
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five girls were named Hillary! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Hillary is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedNHWashington: #510 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,802 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedMNIllinois: #955 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,362 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedMINew York: #517 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,184 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #526 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,691 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #617 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 6,138 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedVAMaryland: #491 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,011 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Hillary, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#491 · 1 in 5,011
  2. Washington#510 · 1 in 4,802
  3. New York#517 · 1 in 5,184
  4. New Jersey#526 · 1 in 5,691
  5. California#617 · 1 in 6,138

Best ever in a state: #40 in Vermont, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#49161 in 5,011
Washington#51051 in 4,802
New York#517311 in 5,184
New Jersey#526101 in 5,691
California#617281 in 6,138
Illinois#95561 in 16,362
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Hillary
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 256 spots since 2024 (#2,327 → #2,583)
  • 478 spots since 2020 (#3,061 → #2,583)
  • 1,003 spots since 2015 (#1,580 → #2,583)
  • Biggest jump: 239 spots in 2008 (#961 → #722)
  • Biggest drop: 515 spots in 2009 (#722 → #1,237)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1992 at #132 (2,520 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1963–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 732
  • Highest: 1 in 732 girls born in 1992 were named Hillary (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,989 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Hillary (9,607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#5,009 (1922)#5,009
1930s0——
1940s228#1,270 (1947)#1,988
1950s708#1,027 (1956)#1,217
1960s1,344#717 (1969)#923
1970s4,049#264 (1979)#517
1980s9,607#209 (1989)#270
1990s8,722#132 (1992)#514
2000s2,688#722 (2008)#946
2010s1,289#1,333 (2014)#1,935
2020s403#2,327 (2024)#2,620

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hillary in 1964

girls
#908
132 births · 1 in 14,355 girls
boys
#3,050
8 births · 1 in 249,087 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #908Hillary132

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #3,050Hillary8
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 14,355 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 88.4% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hillary
  1. #904Denine133
  2. #904Lily133
  3. #904Zelda133
  4. #908Hillary132
  5. #908Collette132
  6. #908Daneen132
  7. #908Donita132
  8. #912Blanche131
  9. #912Dottie131
  10. #912Elissa131

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 249,087 of them was named Hillary, which outranked 33.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hillary
  1. #2,854Yves9
  2. #2,854Yvonne9
  3. #2,854Zach9
  4. #3,050Hillary8
  5. #3,050Agustine8
  6. #3,050Aharon8
  7. #3,050Alejo8
  8. #3,282Aarron7
  9. #3,282Abimael7
  10. #3,282Adams7

Tied with 231 names at #3,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →