girls:
27 births since 1970
#5689 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1914
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
32 births since 1914
#7707 (0th percentile)
The name Hillory is the #7,707 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,689 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1914.
Hillory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Hillory is available in 6 out of the 69 years between 1914 and 1982 (5 years for girls and 1 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 Hillory has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.4% of all recorded births being female. In 1982, 100.0% of babies named Hillory were girls. Interestingly, until around 1970, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1914 to 1969), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1970 to 1982).
For girls, Hillory reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #754) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.
For boys, Hillory reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #456) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1914.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hillory".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hillory. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Hillory is pronounced as HIH-ler-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HIH-luh-ree, at 10.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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