Girls' name · since 1969
Hilari
226 babies named Hilari in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,569 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Hilari is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 226 have been recorded since 1969.
Social Security Administration records show Hilari recorded 226 times among girls since 1969, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2008.
- #18,569 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hilari ranks #18,569 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,569 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Hilari's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hilari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hilari splits its recorded history at 1983: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hilari popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2008
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Hilari by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (80 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Hilari's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Hilari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 80 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Hilari's decade-level peak was the 1970s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hilari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hilari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.