Hilliary — girls' name
303 babies named Hilliary in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Hilliary was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Hilliary in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hilliary
The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Hilliary between 1971 and 1996, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hilliary currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hilliary performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hilliary shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hilliary in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hilliary 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 303 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.
Hilliary at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hilliary popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1971
- Peak year (1991)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
303 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 32 births in a single year.
Hilliary popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Hilliary as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Hilliary accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hilliary by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 130 births that decade — 43% of Hilliary's all-time total
Hilliary decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 128 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Hilliary's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Hilliary by state
Where Hilliary concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 303 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.