girls:
61 births since 1995
#5655 (1st percentile)
boys:
67 births since 1997
#4519 (1st percentile)
overall:
128 births since 1995
#7611 (2nd percentile)
The name Hilal is the #7,611 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 128 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,519 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 67 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,655 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 61 births since 1995.
Hilal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Hilal is available in 16 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (11 years for girls and 9 years for boys). 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 Hilal is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 61.5% of babies named Hilal were boys. Interestingly, until around 2007, the name was more popular for girls (70.0% girls from 1995 to 2006), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (62.5% boys from 2007 to 2023).
For boys, Hilal reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #917) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hilal ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Hilal reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #935) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2017, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Hilal ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 73.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hilal".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hilal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.6% confident that Hilal is pronounced as hih-LAHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hee-LAHL, at 24.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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