Meaning not yet researched.
Pilar: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 47 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,317 in 1924.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,317 in 1924; #3,336 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Pilar in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,336 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1924, at #1,317.
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Pilar: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 47 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,317 in 1924 · most girls in one year: 137 (2005).
In 2025, 47 US girls were named Pilar, making it the 3,336th most common girls’ name of the year, up 160 places from #3,496 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 45 girls named Pilar in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,317, reached in 1924. The most girls given the name in a single year was 137, in 2005. For comparison, it was #3,291 in 2015 and #1,991 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Pilar in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #1,633, reached in 1951. That year also had the most boys given the name: 22. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #2,724 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pilar in 122 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1896 with 5 babies. In all, 6,258 US babies have been given the name, 88% of them girls and 12% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 1,125 babies named Pilar.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 483 US girls were named Pilar; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 56. In 2025 that was about 1 in 34,197 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Aragonese, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,336 | — | — |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,496 | — | — |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,370 | — | — |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,402 | — | — |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,102 | — | — |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,266 | — | — |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,032 | — | — |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,661 | — | — |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,959 | — | — |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,645 | — | — |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,291 | — | — |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,773 | — | — |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,298 | — | — |
| 2012 | 80 | #2,354 | — | — |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,477 | — | — |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,291 | — | — |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,201 | — | — |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,771 | 6 | #12,193 |
| 2007 | 85 | #2,284 | — | — |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,014 | — | — |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,518 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,553 | 6 | #10,981 |
| 2003 | 109 | #1,737 | — | — |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,680 | — | — |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,792 | 6 | #10,215 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,547 | — | — |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,568 | — | — |
| 1998 | 69 | #2,116 | 7 | #8,226 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,110 | 6 | #8,976 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,033 | 5 | #10,135 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,951 | 6 | #8,602 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,375 | 7 | #7,544 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,060 | 6 | #8,415 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,124 | 7 | #7,203 |
| 1991 | 69 | #2,008 | 7 | #7,079 |
| 1990 | 121 | #1,333 | 9 | #5,704 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,549 | 11 | #4,737 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,288 | 9 | #5,109 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,477 | — | — |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,604 | 7 | #5,772 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,037 | 14 | #3,339 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,176 | — | — |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,950 | 8 | #4,806 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,579 | 9 | #4,498 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,801 | 8 | #4,842 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,757 | 7 | #5,360 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,106 | — | — |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,078 | 6 | #5,591 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,943 | 7 | #4,980 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,560 | 6 | #5,434 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,495 | 5 | #6,081 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,611 | 6 | #5,085 |
| 1973 | 73 | #1,367 | 7 | #4,395 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,586 | 6 | #4,831 |
| 1971 | 79 | #1,357 | 11 | #3,098 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,348 | 9 | #3,459 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,417 | 10 | #3,014 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,553 | 8 | #3,299 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,392 | 6 | #3,866 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,486 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1965 | 56 | #1,494 | 5 | #4,300 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,722 | 10 | #2,798 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,677 | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,686 | 9 | #2,996 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,737 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,613 | 8 | #3,268 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,046 | 7 | #3,514 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,198 | 8 | #3,212 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,979 | 6 | #3,878 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,514 | 12 | #2,463 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,212 | 5 | #4,258 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,281 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,674 | 9 | #2,859 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,161 | 12 | #2,349 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,654 | 22 | #1,633 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,991 | 9 | #2,724 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,323 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,937 | 17 | #1,867 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,942 | 11 | #2,470 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,993 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,708 | 7 | #2,931 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,737 | 11 | #2,277 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,202 | 11 | #2,373 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,772 | — | — |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,939 | 7 | #3,076 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,444 | 5 | #3,823 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,380 | 9 | #2,577 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,419 | 6 | #3,442 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,290 | 7 | #3,112 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,365 | 6 | #3,449 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,766 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,822 | 8 | #2,902 |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,033 | 8 | #2,936 |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,017 | 7 | #3,293 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,790 | 9 | #2,828 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,860 | 6 | #3,901 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,517 | 6 | #3,858 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,535 | 8 | #3,297 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,824 | 10 | #2,862 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,657 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,999 | 13 | #2,402 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,317 | 15 | #2,200 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,662 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,335 | 14 | #2,319 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,758 | 12 | #2,598 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,798 | 18 | #1,945 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,773 | 7 | #3,665 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,740 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,696 | 5 | #4,440 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,788 | 9 | #2,884 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,123 | 15 | #1,945 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,993 | — | — |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,456 | 6 | #2,726 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,602 | — | — |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,630 | — | — |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,738 | — | — |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,582 | — | — |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,819 | — | — |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,323 | — | — |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,440 | — | — |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,911 | — | — |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,766 | — | — |
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).