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How popular is “Hilary” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hilary” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hilary” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Hilary” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Hilary” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Hilary” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Hilary” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hilary” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014153 6 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 -100%
1914 29 0.000020475 5 24 -66%
1915 36 0.000019646 36 -100%
1916 40 0.000020678 40 -100%
1917 44 0.000021926 44 -100%
1918 53 0.000024411 6 47 -77%
1919 44 0.000020851 9 35 -59%
1920 48 0.000021214 6 42 -75%
1921 37 0.000015849 37 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 57 0.000024756 6 51 -79%
1924 58 0.000024353 5 53 -83%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 -100%
1926 53 0.000023085 8 45 -70%
1927 48 0.000020695 8 40 -67%
1928 42 0.000018576 42 -100%
1929 53 0.000024177 5 48 -81%
1930 44 0.000019791 8 36 -64%
1931 51 0.000024235 6 45 -76%
1932 39 0.000018472 9 30 -54%
1933 44 0.000022006 6 38 -73%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 -100%
1935 50 0.000023925 11 39 -56%
1936 37 0.000017809 9 28 -51%
1937 40 0.000018774 12 28 -40%
1938 28 0.000012655 8 20 -43%
1939 37 0.000016792 8 29 -57%
1940 41 0.000017806 12 29 -41%
1941 50 0.000020522 24 26 -4%
1942 61 0.00002233 36 25 18%
1943 62 0.000021966 27 35 -13%
1944 61 0.000022676 33 28 8%
1945 73 0.000027517 45 28 23%
1946 58 0.000018152 38 20 31%
1947 104 0.000028871 62 42 19%
1948 102 0.000029544 61 41 20%
1949 120 0.000034436 86 34 43%
1950 135 0.000038534 109 26 61%
1951 131 0.000035562 103 28 57%
1952 127 0.000033439 100 27 57%
1953 153 0.000039703 114 39 49%
1954 151 0.000037933 116 35 54%
1955 173 0.000043088 138 35 60%
1956 199 0.000048265 162 37 63%
1957 204 0.000048548 173 31 70%
1958 163 0.000039427 128 35 57%
1959 178 0.000042822 146 32 64%
1960 183 0.000044055 164 19 79%
1961 230 0.000055529 206 24 79%
1962 215 0.000053286 200 15 86%
1963 273 0.000068968 249 24 82%
1964 274 0.000070481 257 17 88%
1965 261 0.00007199 248 13 90%
1966 269 0.000077397 253 16 88%
1967 249 0.000073346 234 15 88%
1968 264 0.000078144 253 11 92%
1969 359 0.000103299 347 12 93%
1970 380 0.000105365 355 25 87%
1971 360 0.000104886 348 12 93%
1972 350 0.000111358 333 17 90%
1973 385 0.000127616 375 10 95%
1974 439 0.000144408 426 13 94%
1975 461 0.000152681 452 9 96%
1976 448 0.000147645 437 11 95%
1977 594 0.000187003 580 14 95%
1978 774 0.00024387 763 11 97%
1979 892 0.000268113 882 10 98%
1980 757 0.000219771 741 16 96%
1981 637 0.000184139 625 12 96%
1982 607 0.000173036 601 6 98%
1983 669 0.00019317 655 14 96%
1984 887 0.000254253 877 10 98%
1985 1067 0.000298965 1054 13 98%
1986 921 0.00025893 909 12 97%
1987 881 0.00024435 873 8 98%
1988 981 0.000265504 976 5 99%
1989 1041 0.000270788 1026 15 97%
1990 1225 0.00030995 1217 8 99%
1991 1154 0.000296271 1149 5 99%
1992 1176 0.000306164 1170 6 99%
1993 350 0.000092835 344 6 97%
1994 145 0.000039005 145 100%
1995 125 0.000034134 125 100%
1996 123 0.000033726 123 100%
1997 106 0.000029236 106 100%
1998 92 0.000025013 92 100%
1999 81 0.000021929 81 100%
2000 87 0.000023017 87 100%
2001 84 0.00002244 84 100%
2002 96 0.000025681 96 100%
2003 110 0.000028932 110 100%
2004 196 0.0000513 196 100%
2005 219 0.000056964 219 100%
2006 218 0.000055109 218 100%
2007 164 0.000041028 164 100%
2008 101 0.000025699 101 100%
2009 87 0.000022778 87 100%
2010 80 0.00002165 80 100%
2011 79 0.000021602 79 100%
2012 75 0.000020511 75 100%
2013 66 0.000018108 66 100%
2014 60 0.000016193 60 100%
2015 56 0.000015136 56 100%
2016 27 0.000007362 27 100%
2017 16 0.000004476 16 100%
2018 16 0.000004553 11 5 38%
2019 31 0.000008937 31 100%
2020 22 0.000006591 22 100%
2021 20 0.000005909 20 100%
2022 45 0.000013319 45 100%
2023 60 0.000018197 60 100%