girls:
19 births since 1975
#5697 (0th percentile)
boys:
29 births since 1918
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
48 births since 1918
#7691 (1st percentile)
The name Hilaire is the #7,691 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 48 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 1918. For girls, it ranks #5,697 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 19 births since 1975.
Hilaire first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Hilaire is available in 8 out of the 75 years between 1918 and 1992 (5 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hilaire has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.4% of all recorded births). In 1992, 0.0% of babies named Hilaire were boys. Interestingly, until around 1975, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1918 to 1974), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1975 to 1992).
For boys, Hilaire reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #528) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1933.
For girls, Hilaire reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #855) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hilaire".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Hilaire. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.5% confident that Hilaire is pronounced as hih-LAIR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-LAIR, at 35.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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