Boys' name · since 1916
Hilmon
Hilmon has 27 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Hilmon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 27 recorded since 1916.
Hilmon has 27 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1935.
- #26,658 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hilmon ranks #26,658 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #26,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Hilmon's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hilmon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hilmon splits its recorded history at 1922: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hilmon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1935
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Hilmon by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (11 births, 41% of the file).
1930s was Hilmon's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Hilmon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 11 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hilmon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~19 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, 1916–1935 (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 Hilmon 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.