Hilton
Hilton is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 13 boys were given it in 2025 (#15,774 among girls’ names and #6,587 among boys’, #11,138 among all names counting both); 6,990 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,060 Americans named Hilton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 30 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hilton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Hilton?
#6,587 among boys’ names, 2025
Hilton fell from #5,596 in 2015 to #6,587 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 8.3 to 7.6 per million.
143 babies in 1920, the peak
Hilton peaked in 1920, when 143 babies were given it (138 boys, #521 among boys’ names). The 18 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,587 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 15 | #6,003 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,943 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,282 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,051 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,676 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,592 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,133 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,895 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,240 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #5,596 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,596 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,689 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,587 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,059 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,659 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,338 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,179 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,469 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,252 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,478 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,907 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,882 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,837 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,705 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,691 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,419 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,812 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,780 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,075 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,651 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,077 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,226 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,424 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,330 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,817 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,921 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,291 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,118 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,844 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,916 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,637 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,544 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,031 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,460 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,079 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,570 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,630 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,598 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,202 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,123 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,015 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,091 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,222 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,037 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,117 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 62 | #971 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 74 | #873 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 66 | #932 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 64 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 88 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 80 | #848 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 82 | #828 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 92 | #783 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 102 | #728 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 80 | #821 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 90 | #750 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 73 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 112 | #654 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 83 | #769 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 96 | #701 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 75 | #794 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 100 | #674 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 87 | #739 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 83 | #719 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 85 | #654 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 72 | #734 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 99 | #642 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 93 | #670 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 95 | #620 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 95 | #611 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 97 | #583 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 83 | #657 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 87 | #624 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 59 | #803 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 102 | #573 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 88 | #639 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 99 | #584 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 79 | #694 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 117 | #541 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 107 | #579 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 110 | #566 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 122 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 111 | #590 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 119 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 116 | #580 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 135 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 113 | #594 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 134 | #542 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 106 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 138 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 97 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 112 | #576 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 111 | #558 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 102 | #567 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 84 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 64 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 48 | #643 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 39 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 26 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1910 | 21 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 14 | #782 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 10 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 18 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 15 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 21 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 9 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 10 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 11 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 8 | #806 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,100 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 8 | #821 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 11 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 8 | #857 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 8 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 7 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 6 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hilton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hilton has been given almost only to boys: 65 girls in 138 years of records.
Girls and boys named Hilton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hilton, and how old are they?
3,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 6,990 Americans ever recorded as Hilton. The median Hilton alive today is 57 years old; half are between 30 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 3,566 people named Hilton (93 women and girls, 3,473 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,369 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 310 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 548 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 403 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 443 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 316 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hilton born?
The states with the most babies named Hilton are Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi, with 49% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 782 | not ranked | 5.8× |
| Georgia | 463 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Mississippi | 437 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| North Carolina | 411 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Texas | 345 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 248 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 184 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 167 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 163 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 48 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Hilton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hilton is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 5.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hilton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hilton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hilton and names like it
- Compare Hilton and EltonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHilton peaked in 1920.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hilton since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Hilton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Hilton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.