Hillard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hillard

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,356 babies named Hillard between 1880 and 2002, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hillard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hillard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 669 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Hillard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 124 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Hillard in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hillard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,356 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.