Hillman — boys' name
344 babies named Hillman in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Hillman was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Hillman in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hillman
The Social Security Administration has registered 344 babies named Hillman between 1910 and 1993, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hillman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hillman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Hillman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hillman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hillman 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 344 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.
Hillman at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hillman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1910
- Peak year (1916)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
344 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 19 births in a single year.
Hillman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 101 births that decade — 29% of Hillman's all-time total
Hillman decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Hillman's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Hillman by state
Where Hillman concentrates geographically — total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 344 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.5% 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, 1910–1993 (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.