Hill

Popularity Trends

The name Hill is the #7,174 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 565 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 7.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,021 (12.3% percentile) for all time with 565 births since 1884.

Hill first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for boys in 1884). Birth data for Hill is available in 68 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Hill reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #519) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1905, with 77 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Hill ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 5.7% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hill".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

565

Peak Births

Peak Year

1919

First Recorded

1884

Peak Percentile

3.0%

Current Percentile

0.3%

Peak Rank

#519

Current Rank

#908

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Hill", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Hill.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Hill's popularity from 1881 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Hill at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Hill range from Namon at 57.4% correlation to Ogden at 53.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 55.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Eulalia with 4.7K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Alvaretta with 70 births (100% girls).

Hill's share of births peaked at 76.8 births per million for boys in 1919. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (3% of peak) in 2006. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Hill had 4.4 births per million, 6% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Namon

1,121

57.44% (moderate)

Eithel

182

56.54% (moderate)

Alveda

168

56.19% (moderate)

Orma

699

55.86% (moderate)

Alvaretta

55.63% (moderate)

Delsie

1,438

55.62% (moderate)

Eulalia

4,733

54.36% (moderate)

Stanislaus

787

54.30% (moderate)

Cline

857

53.91% (moderate)

Eola

740

53.87% (moderate)

Hughie

1,669

53.58% (moderate)

Ogden

792

53.29% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Hill

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Hill. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Hill is pronounced as hihl, which has 1 syllables.

hihl

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hihl (1 syllable)

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HH IH1 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH IH1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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