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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 0.000027907 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 0.000018625 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 0.000018577 42 -100%
1929 53 0.000024177 5 48 -81%
1930 44 0.000019791 8 36 -64%
1931 51 0.000024236 6 45 -76%
1932 39 0.000018472 9 30 -54%
1933 44 0.000022007 6 38 -73%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 -100%
1935 50 0.000023926 11 39 -56%
1936 37 0.00001781 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 0.000020523 24 26 -4%
1942 61 0.00002233 36 25 18%
1943 62 0.000021966 27 35 -13%
1944 61 0.000022677 33 28 8%
1945 73 0.000027518 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 0.000035561 103 28 57%
1952 127 0.000033438 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 0.000048543 173 31 70%
1958 163 0.000039441 128 35 57%
1959 178 0.000042822 146 32 64%
1960 183 0.000044051 164 19 79%
1961 230 0.000055543 206 24 79%
1962 215 0.000053283 200 15 86%
1963 273 0.000068964 249 24 82%
1964 274 0.000070479 257 17 88%
1965 261 0.000071988 248 13 90%
1966 269 0.000077396 253 16 88%
1967 249 0.000073343 234 15 88%
1968 264 0.00007814 253 11 92%
1969 359 0.00010329 347 12 93%
1970 380 0.000105356 355 25 87%
1971 360 0.00010488 348 12 93%
1972 350 0.000111347 333 17 90%
1973 385 0.000127605 375 10 95%
1974 439 0.000144398 426 13 94%
1975 461 0.000152663 452 9 96%
1976 448 0.000147629 437 11 95%
1977 594 0.000186986 580 14 95%
1978 774 0.000243842 763 11 97%
1979 892 0.000268084 882 10 98%
1980 757 0.000219749 741 16 96%
1981 637 0.000184126 625 12 96%
1982 607 0.000173024 601 6 98%
1983 669 0.000193161 655 14 96%
1984 887 0.000254247 877 10 98%
1985 1067 0.000298962 1054 13 98%
1986 921 0.00025893 909 12 97%
1987 881 0.000244353 873 8 98%
1988 981 0.000265511 976 5 99%
1989 1041 0.00027079 1026 15 97%
1990 1225 0.000309961 1217 8 99%
1991 1154 0.000296278 1149 5 99%
1992 1176 0.000306173 1170 6 99%
1993 350 0.000092839 344 6 97%
1994 145 0.000039006 145 100%
1995 125 0.000034135 125 100%
1996 123 0.000033727 123 100%
1997 106 0.000029237 106 100%
1998 92 0.000025014 92 100%
1999 81 0.00002193 81 100%
2000 87 0.000023018 87 100%
2001 84 0.000022441 84 100%
2002 96 0.000025684 96 100%
2003 110 0.000028934 110 100%
2004 196 0.000051304 196 100%
2005 219 0.000056969 219 100%
2006 218 0.000055116 218 100%
2007 164 0.000041034 164 100%
2008 101 0.000025703 101 100%
2009 87 0.000022782 87 100%
2010 80 0.000021654 80 100%
2011 79 0.000021606 79 100%
2012 75 0.000020516 75 100%
2013 66 0.000018114 66 100%
2014 60 0.000016198 60 100%
2015 56 0.000015142 56 100%
2016 27 0.000007365 27 100%
2017 16 0.000004478 16 100%
2018 16 0.000004556 11 5 38%
2019 31 0.000008944 31 100%
2020 22 0.000006599 22 100%
2021 19 0.000005622 19 100%
2022 45 0.000013385 45 100%