Pilar
Pilar was given to 47 girls in 2025, #3,335 among girls’ names; 6,258 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,050 Americans named Pilar and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 20 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pilar by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Pilar mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Pilar is “a female given name from Spanish.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Pilar?
#3,335 among girls’ names, 2025
Pilar fell from #3,291 in 2015 to #3,335 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 28.0 to 29.2 per million.
145 babies in 2005, the peak
Pilar peaked in 2005, when 145 babies were given it (137 girls, #1,518 among girls’ names). The 47 births of 2025 are 32% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,335 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,496 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,370 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,401 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,102 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,266 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,032 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,660 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,959 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,645 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50 | #3,291 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,771 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,298 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 80 | #2,354 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,476 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,291 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,201 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,771 | 6 | #12,186 |
| 2007 | 85 | #2,284 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,014 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,518 | 8 | #8,899 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,552 | 6 | #10,974 |
| 2003 | 109 | #1,736 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,679 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,789 | 6 | #10,207 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,545 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,566 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 69 | #2,113 | 7 | #8,218 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,107 | 6 | #8,970 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,031 | 5 | #10,128 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,946 | 6 | #8,595 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,370 | 7 | #7,538 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,055 | 6 | #8,409 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,119 | 7 | #7,196 |
| 1991 | 69 | #2,002 | 7 | #7,072 |
| 1990 | 121 | #1,329 | 9 | #5,697 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,546 | 11 | #4,731 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,283 | 9 | #5,103 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,475 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,603 | 7 | #5,766 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,036 | 14 | #3,336 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,175 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,949 | 8 | #4,804 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,579 | 9 | #4,496 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,801 | 8 | #4,840 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,757 | 7 | #5,358 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,106 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,078 | 6 | #5,588 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,943 | 7 | #4,978 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,560 | 6 | #5,432 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,495 | 5 | #6,079 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,611 | 6 | #5,083 |
| 1973 | 73 | #1,367 | 7 | #4,393 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,586 | 6 | #4,829 |
| 1971 | 79 | #1,357 | 11 | #3,096 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,348 | 9 | #3,457 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,417 | 10 | #3,013 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,553 | 8 | #3,298 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,392 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,486 | 8 | #3,178 |
| 1965 | 56 | #1,494 | 5 | #4,299 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,722 | 10 | #2,797 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,676 | 7 | #3,572 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,685 | 9 | #2,995 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,736 | 15 | #2,215 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,612 | 8 | #3,267 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,045 | 7 | #3,513 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,197 | 8 | #3,211 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,978 | 6 | #3,877 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,513 | 12 | #2,462 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,211 | 5 | #4,257 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,280 | 11 | #2,564 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,673 | 9 | #2,858 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,160 | 12 | #2,348 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,653 | 22 | #1,632 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,990 | 9 | #2,723 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,322 | 7 | #3,228 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,936 | 17 | #1,866 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,940 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,992 | 12 | #2,244 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,707 | 7 | #2,930 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,736 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,201 | 11 | #2,372 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,770 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,939 | 7 | #3,075 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,442 | 5 | #3,822 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,380 | 9 | #2,577 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,419 | 6 | #3,441 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,290 | 7 | #3,112 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,364 | 6 | #3,448 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,766 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,822 | 8 | #2,901 |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,032 | 8 | #2,935 |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,016 | 7 | #3,292 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,789 | 9 | #2,827 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,859 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,516 | 6 | #3,856 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,534 | 8 | #3,295 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,823 | 10 | #2,861 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,656 | 11 | #2,690 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,998 | 13 | #2,401 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,317 | 15 | #2,200 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,662 | 16 | #2,098 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,335 | 14 | #2,318 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,758 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,798 | 18 | #1,945 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,772 | 7 | #3,664 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,740 | 13 | #2,362 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,696 | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,788 | 9 | #2,883 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,122 | 15 | #1,944 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,993 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,456 | 6 | #2,725 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,602 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,630 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,738 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,582 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,819 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,322 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,440 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,910 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,765 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Pilar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,258 Americans recorded as Pilar, 88% are girls and 12% boys. In 2025 it went to 47 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Pilar: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pilar, and how old are they?
5,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 6,258 Americans ever recorded as Pilar. The median Pilar alive today is 33 years old; half are between 20 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 11,317 people named Pilar (10,555 women and girls, 762 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,957 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 99 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 562 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,010 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,110 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 673 |
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 Pilar born?
The states with the most babies named Pilar are California, Florida and Texas, with 84% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 9 | #2,235 | 1.9× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,520 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 8 | #2,579 | 2.5× |
| New York | 5 | #2,342 | 0.9× |
Where Pilar is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Pilar is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.5 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 girls’ 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 Pilar with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Pilar and names like it
- The most given names of the 2000sPilar peaked in 2005.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pilar since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Pilar: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Pilar.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Pilar alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with PMost given first.