Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Hillary” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hillary” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hillary” 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 “Hillary” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hillary” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hillary” 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
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 5 18 -57%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 -100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 18 0.000007388 18 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 7 14 -33%
1943 21 0.00000744 13 8 24%
1944 36 0.000013383 19 17 6%
1945 35 0.000013193 19 16 9%
1946 49 0.000015335 29 20 18%
1947 65 0.000018044 51 14 57%
1948 62 0.000017958 43 19 39%
1949 61 0.000017505 48 13 57%
1950 74 0.000021123 54 20 46%
1951 58 0.000015745 40 18 38%
1952 59 0.000015534 43 16 46%
1953 78 0.000020241 58 20 49%
1954 104 0.000026126 77 27 48%
1955 94 0.000023412 71 23 51%
1956 112 0.000027164 99 13 77%
1957 106 0.000025225 89 17 68%
1958 116 0.000028061 94 22 62%
1959 94 0.000022607 83 11 77%
1960 91 0.000021908 75 16 65%
1961 128 0.000030901 111 17 73%
1962 129 0.000031967 112 17 74%
1963 166 0.000041938 148 18 78%
1964 140 0.000036012 132 8 89%
1965 126 0.000034754 111 15 76%
1966 139 0.000039992 124 15 78%
1967 163 0.000048013 155 8 90%
1968 191 0.000056535 178 13 86%
1969 212 0.000061002 198 14 87%
1970 268 0.00007431 257 11 92%
1971 264 0.000076915 251 13 90%
1972 258 0.000082087 243 15 88%
1973 259 0.00008585 252 7 95%
1974 322 0.000105921 312 10 94%
1975 332 0.000109956 322 10 94%
1976 340 0.000112052 331 9 95%
1977 454 0.000142925 442 12 95%
1978 738 0.000232524 719 19 95%
1979 934 0.000280733 921 13 97%
1980 846 0.000245609 835 11 97%
1981 749 0.000216513 735 14 96%
1982 760 0.00021665 754 6 98%
1983 702 0.000202695 697 5 99%
1984 1015 0.000290935 1009 6 99%
1985 1059 0.000296713 1047 12 98%
1986 1094 0.000307556 1083 11 98%
1987 1089 0.000302029 1079 10 98%
1988 1097 0.000296884 1084 13 98%
1989 1298 0.00033763 1284 14 98%
1990 1525 0.000385834 1525 100%
1991 1795 0.000460816 1790 5 99%
1992 2528 0.000658115 2521 7 99%
1993 1071 0.000284064 1064 7 99%
1994 416 0.000111899 409 7 97%
1995 310 0.00008465 310 100%
1996 312 0.000085545 312 100%
1997 294 0.000081087 294 100%
1998 243 0.000066065 243 100%
1999 259 0.000070116 254 5 96%
2000 252 0.000066668 252 100%
2001 259 0.000069189 259 100%
2002 202 0.000054035 197 5 95%
2003 231 0.000060752 225 6 95%
2004 311 0.000081394 311 100%
2005 285 0.000074125 285 100%
2006 265 0.000066984 265 100%
2007 282 0.000070541 282 100%
2008 418 0.000106343 412 6 97%
2009 200 0.000052354 200 100%
2010 168 0.000045458 168 100%
2011 166 0.000045383 166 100%
2012 157 0.000042927 157 100%
2013 154 0.000042242 154 100%
2014 177 0.000047756 177 100%
2015 138 0.000037288 138 100%
2016 172 0.000046883 172 100%
2017 63 0.000017616 63 100%
2018 49 0.000013937 49 100%
2019 45 0.000012965 45 100%
2020 52 0.000015566 52 100%
2021 60 0.00001771 60 100%
2022 73 0.000021578 73 100%
2023 71 0.000021442 71 100%
2024 79 0.000023734 79 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Hillary:

  1. Hillard
  2. Hillaree
  3. Hillarey
  4. Hillari
  5. Hillarie
  6. Hillary (this page)
  7. Hillel
  8. Hillery
  9. Hilliard
  10. Hilliary
  11. Hillie