Hilton

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 21 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,925
since 1882

Hilton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hilton has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #491, 1905boys
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#6,44613
2024#9,55610#5,90415
2023—#4,88620
2022#10,3839#5,21518
2021#10,2929#4,01126
2020#13,4536#3,65329
2019—#3,57131
2018—#4,09425
2017—#5,78815
2016—#4,19924
2015—#5,50716
2014#14,5586#4,53821
2013—#4,62120
2012—#4,53321
2011—#4,98318
2010#16,9925#3,63329
2009—#4,27823
2008—#4,14524
2007—#3,44431
2006—#3,22733
2005—#3,44728
2004—#2,88735
2003—#3,83822
2002—#2,81733
2001—#2,68135
2000—#2,67434
1999—#3,37623
1998—#2,78229
1997—#2,75028
1996—#4,02216
1995—#2,84725
1994—#3,59618
1993—#3,04222
1992—#2,21434
1991—#2,40629
1990—#2,30830
1989—#2,78422
1988—#1,90934
1987—#2,27225
1986—#2,09627
1985—#1,83432
1984—#2,29222
1983—#1,78731
1982—#1,89029
1981—#1,89929
1980—#1,61936
1979—#1,53238
1978—#2,01224
1977—#1,45040
1976—#2,05423
1975—#1,55933
1974—#1,61830
1973—#1,58630
1972—#1,19647
1971—#1,52632
1970—#1,11754
1969—#1,00858
1968—#1,08347
1967—#1,21538
1966—#1,02750
1965—#1,10645
1964—#96762
1963—#87374
1962—#93066
1961—#95864
1960—#81388
1959—#84380
1958—#82882
1957—#78392
1956—#727102
1955—#81880
1954—#75190
1953—#83973
1952—#653112
1951—#76683
1950—#70196
1949—#79375
1948—#673100
1947—#73787
1946—#71683
1945—#65485
1944—#73072
1943—#64299
1942—#66793
1941—#62095
1940—#60795
1939—#58197
1938—#65683
1937—#62187
1936—#79759
1935—#573102
1934—#63788
1933—#58299
1932—#69179
1931—#539117
1930—#579107
1929—#564110
1928—#552122
1927—#589111
1926—#563119
1925#4,9735#577116
1924—#545135
1923—#594113
1922—#542134
1921—#616106
1920#4,9755#521138
1919—#61697
1918—#575112
1917—#557111
1916—#565102
1915#4,2745#63284
1914—#63264
1913—#64148
1912—#68139
1911—#59726
1910—#63421
1909—#75614
1908—#87710
1907—#59118
1906—#61315
1905—#49121
1904—#8109
1903—#73410
1902—#68711
1901—#7798
1900—#1,0507
1899—#7868
1898—#66311
1897—#9426
1896—#8268
1895—#7958
1894—#1,0745
1893——
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1891—#9635
1890—#9945
1889——
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1887—#7527
1886—#9595
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1883—#7996
1882—#9435
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Hilton! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hilton is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 542 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #6,446)
  • 2,793 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #6,446)
  • 939 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #6,446)
  • Biggest jump: 319 spots in 1905 (#810 → #491)
  • Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1908 (#591 → #877)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1905 at #491 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1901–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,300
  • Highest: 1 in 6,300 boys born in 1905 were named Hilton (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.4% of all boys named Hilton (1,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#752 (1887)#863
1890s56#663 (1898)#880
1900s123#491 (1905)#739
1910s704#557 (1917)#613
1920s1,204#521 (1920)#566
1930s918#539 (1931)#626
1940s884#607 (1940)#684
1950s890#653 (1952)#771
1960s592#813 (1960)#998
1970s351#1,117 (1970)#1,565
1980s287#1,619 (1980)#2,038
1990s254#2,214 (1992)#2,934
2000s298#2,674 (2000)#3,344
2010s220#3,571 (2019)#4,547
2020s121#3,653 (2020)#5,019

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

Hilton in 1882

boys
#943
5 births · 1 in 22,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #943Hilton5
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Hilton, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hilton
  1. #837Wilhelm6
  2. #837Wood6
  3. #837Yee6
  4. #943Hilton5
  5. #943Ab5
  6. #943Adolf5
  7. #943Alby5

Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

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

See the top 100 for 1882 →