Hilliard

Where Hilliard comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hilliard.

Hilliard through the years
  1. 1879
    Hilliard Lyle born
    Canadian lacrosse player
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys, with 10 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1896
    Peak, #518
    16 babies named Hilliard, its best rank.
  4. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #942.
  5. 1950
    Hilliard Graves born
    Canadian ice hockey player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Hilliard Lyle · Canadian lacrosse player, 1879–1931
  • Hilliard Graves · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1950
  • Hilliard Karr · American comedic actor of the silent movie era, 1899–1945
  • Hilliard Greene · American musician, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.