How Many People Are Named Hillary?
people named Hillary are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,986 people in the US has this name
Based on 30,305 babies named Hillary in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,527 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of HILARY. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), the first man to climb Mount Everest.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hillary, 98% were girls and 2.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Hillary rose from 0% in the 1910s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hillary alive today is about 37 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hillary first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1992, to 2,527 babies. In 2025, 67 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hillary has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #132, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #2,592.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,592 |
| Best rank | #132 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #268 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hillary alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hillary were born in California than in any other state: about 3,284 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hillary was given 3.8 times as often in Vermont, 2.4 times in Maine and 2.2 times in New Hampshire.
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