Hilliard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hilliard

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,859 babies named Hilliard between 1880 and 1991, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hilliard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hilliard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 408 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Hilliard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 107 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Hilliard in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hilliard 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 1,859 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.