How Many People Are Named Hillel?
people named Hillel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 261,503 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,453 babies named Hillel in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Hebrew הלל (halal) meaning "praise". This name is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament as the father of the judge Abdon.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hillel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hillel alive today is about 26 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hillel first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 2019, to 47 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hillel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,314, in 1957. In 2025 it ranked #4,177.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,177 |
| Best rank | #2,314 (1957) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,556 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hillel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hillel were born in New York than in any other state: about 654 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hillel was given 12.8 times as often in New York and 5.2 times in New Jersey.
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