Girls' name · since 1971
Hilliary
Hilliary has 303 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 303
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
303 girls have been named Hilliary since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hilliary has 303 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1996.
- #15,819 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 303 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hilliary ranks #15,819 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 303 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 303
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Hilliary's 303 recorded births place it above 78.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Hilliary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hilliary splits its recorded history at 1986: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hilliary popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1996
- Peak year (1991)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Hilliary popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Hilliary as boys' name)
Hilliary by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (130 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Hilliary's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Hilliary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
128 births
- 1990s
1990s
130 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 130 births (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.
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- Ohio records the most Hilliarys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hilliary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1971–1996 (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 Hilliary 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.