Hilmar — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hilmar

The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Hilmar between 1912 and 1945, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hilmar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hilmar performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hilmar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hilmar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hilmar 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 170 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.