Hilary Girl
How popular is Hilary?
#5,237 girl name in 2025
24 baby girls were named Hilary in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
Hilary popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,237 for girls (▼ 1275 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,024 in 2015, #5,483 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (1,217 girls) |
| Highest rank | #232 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hilary counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hillary family of names ranked #1,660 for girls in 2025 (#1,423 the year before), with 91 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hillary | 67 | 74% |
| Hilary | 24 | 26% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Hilary is most popular
Babies named Hilary per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Hilary by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #3,217 |
| 1920s | 38 | #3,559 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,447 |
| 1940s | 424 | #962 |
| 1950s | 1,289 | #757 |
| 1960s | 2,411 | #527 |
| 1970s | 4,951 | #275 |
| 1980s | 8,337 | #244 |
| 1990s | 4,553 | #232 |
| 2000s | 1,362 | #1,085 |
| 2010s | 501 | #2,346 |
| 2020s | 208 | #2,823 |
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Questions
- Is Hilary a boy or girl name?
- Hilary is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Hilary were girls.
- How popular is the name Hilary?
- 24 baby girls were named Hilary in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
- When was Hilary most popular?
- Hilary peaked in 1990, when 1,217 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #232 in 1990.
- How many people are named Hilary?
- 26,368 babies have been named Hilary in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,671 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Hilary most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hilary was most common in Louisiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.