Girls' name · peaked in 1992
Hillary name popularity since 1925
30,038 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Hillary (96.7% girls, 3.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1988 or earlier, so the typical Hillary is about 38 years old in 2026. Hillary peaked in 1992 as the #132 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,038
- Named Hillary, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,592 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.7% girls
- 29,038 girls · 1,000 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.00× its national share
Peak year is the year Hillary made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Hillary births per year, 1925–2025
1992 was the biggest year for Hillary both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1973 and 1978, Hillary became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 5,790 baby girls to 1 in 2,130.
- Steepest fall: Between 1992 and 1997, its share of baby girls fell by 88%, from 1 in 732 to 1 in 5,920.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Hillary's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Hillary.
Decade by decade
Babies named Hillary in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 104 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 141 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 228 | 158 | #2,013 |
| 1950s | 708 | 187 | #1,189 |
| 1960s | 1,344 | 141 | #984 |
| 1970s | 4,049 | 119 | #537 |
| 1980s | 9,607 | 102 | #246 |
| 1990s | 8,722 | 31 | #688 |
| 2000s | 2,688 | 17 | #885 |
| 2010s | 1,289 | 0 | #1,583 |
| 2020–25 | 403 | 0 | #2,592 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
56.0% of babies named Hillary from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Hillary is most popular
The index compares Hillary's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Hillary.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.00× | 449 |
| Oregon | 1.41× | 348 |
| Massachusetts | 1.27× | 795 |
| Louisiana | 1.25× | 592 |
| Washington | 1.23× | 544 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Hillary and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Hillary (this page) | 29,038 | 1992 |
| Hilary | 24,134 | 1990 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Hillary's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Hillary.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Hillary (1992).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data