girls:
28.9k births since 1922
#838 (85th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1888
#3348 (27th percentile)
overall:
30.2k births since 1888
#1464 (81st percentile)
The name Hillary is the #1,464 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 30,159 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 81.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #838 (85.3% percentile) for all time with 28,897 births since 1922. For boys, it ranks #3,348 (27.0% percentile) for all time with 1,262 births since 1888.
Hillary first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1922 for girls). Birth data for Hillary is available in 123 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (97 years for boys and 83 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 Hillary has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.8% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1946, the name was more popular for boys (90.5% boys from 1888 to 1945), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (97.8% girls from 1946 to 2023).
For girls, Hillary reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 84.8% percentile (ranked #131) with 1,258 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 1,258 births per million (ranked 84.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hillary ranks #881 for girls (7.0% percentile) with 41 births per million, which is 3.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Hillary reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #594) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1898, with 68 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hillary".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hillary. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.7% confident that Hillary is pronounced as HIH-ler-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HIH-luh-ree, at 9.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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