Hillary Girl
How popular is Hillary?
#2,583 girl name in 2025
67 baby girls were named Hillary in the US in 2025, making it the 2583rd most popular girl name.
Hillary popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,583 for girls (▼ 256 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 67 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,580 in 2015, #3,061 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (2,520 girls) |
| Highest rank | #132 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hillary 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 Hillary is most popular
Babies named Hillary per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Hillary by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1940s | 228 | #1,269 |
| 1950s | 708 | #1,026 |
| 1960s | 1,344 | #717 |
| 1970s | 4,049 | #264 |
| 1980s | 9,607 | #209 |
| 1990s | 8,722 | #132 |
| 2000s | 2,688 | #722 |
| 2010s | 1,289 | #1,333 |
| 2020s | 403 | #2,327 |
Girl names about as popular as Hillary
Questions
- Is Hillary a boy or girl name?
- Hillary is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hillary were girls.
- How popular is the name Hillary?
- 67 baby girls were named Hillary in the US in 2025, making it the 2583rd most popular girl name.
- When was Hillary most popular?
- Hillary peaked in 1992, when 2,520 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #132 in 1992.
- How many people are named Hillary?
- 30,305 babies have been named Hillary in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,642 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Hillary most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hillary was most common in New Jersey, 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.