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Hillary: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 67 in 2025. Its best rank was #132 in 1992.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #132 in 1992; #2,592 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hillary in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,592 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1992, at #132.
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Hillary: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 67 girls in 2025. Peak: #132 in 1992 · most girls in one year: 2,520 (1992).
In 2025, 67 US girls were named Hillary, making it the 2,592nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 257 places from #2,335 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 79 girls named Hillary in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #132, reached in 1992. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,520. For comparison, it was #1,583 in 2015 and #1,255 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hillary in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 6 babies. In all, 30,305 US babies have been given the name, 96% of them girls and 4.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 9,709 babies named Hillary.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 732 US girls were named Hillary; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 172. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,989 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hillary ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #2,282 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Hilary (26,368 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Hillery, Hilaria and Ilaria are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Hilary.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Hillery (996), Hilaria (982), Ilaria (788), Hillarie (329), Hilliary (308), Hillari (250), Hilari (226), Hiliary (141), Hilery (109), Hillory (32), Hillaree (19), Hillarey (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 9 | #2,282 | #1,210 |
| California | 7 | #2,591 | #1,216 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,592 | — | — |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,335 | — | — |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,473 | — | — |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,474 | — | — |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,833 | — | — |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,071 | — | — |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,477 | — | — |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,268 | — | — |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,727 | — | — |
| 2016 | 172 | #1,369 | — | — |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,583 | — | — |
| 2014 | 177 | #1,335 | — | — |
| 2013 | 154 | #1,452 | — | — |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 2011 | 166 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 2010 | 168 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 2009 | 200 | #1,237 | — | — |
| 2008 | 412 | #722 | 6 | #11,576 |
| 2007 | 282 | #961 | — | — |
| 2006 | 265 | #983 | — | — |
| 2005 | 285 | #885 | — | — |
| 2004 | 311 | #809 | — | — |
| 2003 | 225 | #1,025 | 6 | #10,042 |
| 2002 | 197 | #1,080 | 5 | #11,329 |
| 2001 | 259 | #887 | — | — |
| 2000 | 252 | #877 | — | — |
| 1999 | 254 | #853 | 5 | #10,525 |
| 1998 | 243 | #868 | — | — |
| 1997 | 294 | #725 | — | — |
| 1996 | 312 | #693 | — | — |
| 1995 | 310 | #688 | — | — |
| 1994 | 409 | #566 | 7 | #7,260 |
| 1993 | 1,064 | #261 | 7 | #7,101 |
| 1992 | 2,520 | #132 | 7 | #6,954 |
| 1991 | 1,791 | #166 | 5 | #8,705 |
| 1990 | 1,525 | #192 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1,284 | #210 | 14 | #3,892 |
| 1988 | 1,084 | #245 | 13 | #3,774 |
| 1987 | 1,079 | #241 | 10 | #4,375 |
| 1986 | 1,083 | #239 | 11 | #3,975 |
| 1985 | 1,047 | #246 | 12 | #3,673 |
| 1984 | 1,009 | #247 | 6 | #5,865 |
| 1983 | 697 | #330 | 5 | #6,660 |
| 1982 | 754 | #321 | 6 | #5,930 |
| 1981 | 735 | #322 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1980 | 835 | #300 | 11 | #3,710 |
| 1979 | 921 | #264 | 13 | #3,240 |
| 1978 | 719 | #318 | 19 | #2,415 |
| 1977 | 442 | #451 | 12 | #3,279 |
| 1976 | 331 | #530 | 9 | #3,837 |
| 1975 | 322 | #537 | 10 | #3,521 |
| 1974 | 312 | #540 | 10 | #3,418 |
| 1973 | 252 | #613 | 7 | #4,251 |
| 1972 | 242 | #634 | 15 | #2,473 |
| 1971 | 251 | #650 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1970 | 257 | #641 | 11 | #2,968 |
| 1969 | 198 | #718 | 14 | #2,355 |
| 1968 | 178 | #742 | 13 | #2,379 |
| 1967 | 155 | #803 | 8 | #3,094 |
| 1966 | 124 | #907 | 15 | #2,084 |
| 1965 | 111 | #984 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1964 | 132 | #911 | 8 | #3,135 |
| 1963 | 148 | #862 | 18 | #1,925 |
| 1962 | 112 | #1,017 | 17 | #1,997 |
| 1961 | 111 | #1,039 | 17 | #2,032 |
| 1960 | 75 | #1,271 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,168 | 11 | #2,587 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,084 | 22 | #1,704 |
| 1957 | 89 | #1,111 | 17 | #1,985 |
| 1956 | 99 | #1,028 | 13 | #2,319 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,189 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,124 | 27 | #1,480 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,281 | 20 | #1,737 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,476 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,490 | 18 | #1,798 |
| 1950 | 54 | #1,255 | 20 | #1,675 |
| 1949 | 48 | #1,327 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,416 | 19 | #1,733 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,273 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,662 | 20 | #1,618 |
| 1945 | 18 | #2,013 | 16 | #1,726 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,990 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,617 | 8 | #2,830 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,892 | 14 | #1,991 |
| 1941 | — | — | 18 | #1,660 |
| 1940 | — | — | 19 | #1,595 |
| 1939 | — | — | 18 | #1,600 |
| 1938 | — | — | 19 | #1,582 |
| 1937 | — | — | 15 | #1,864 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #3,006 |
| 1935 | — | — | 7 | #3,096 |
| 1934 | — | — | 14 | #1,970 |
| 1933 | — | — | 13 | #2,037 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,955 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,041 |
| 1930 | — | — | 19 | #1,725 |
| 1929 | — | — | 15 | #2,045 |
| 1928 | — | — | 24 | #1,540 |
| 1927 | — | — | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1926 | — | — | 21 | #1,682 |
| 1925 | — | — | 20 | #1,768 |
| 1924 | — | — | 12 | #2,540 |
| 1923 | — | — | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,344 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1921 | — | — | 21 | #1,737 |
| 1920 | — | — | 18 | #1,923 |
| 1919 | — | — | 15 | #2,100 |
| 1918 | — | — | 18 | #1,859 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #2,039 |
| 1916 | — | — | 12 | #2,324 |
| 1915 | — | — | 18 | #1,689 |
| 1914 | — | — | 9 | #2,345 |
| 1913 | — | — | 10 | #1,867 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,403 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,231 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,702 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,211 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,294 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,141 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,074 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #778 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,003 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,070 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,032 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #975 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).