Hilman — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hilman

The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Hilman between 1915 and 1948, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hilman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hilman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hilman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hilman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hilman 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 146 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.