Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Hilary

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hilary
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.1% from peak

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

1,217

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1914Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

97.1%

2024

All-time

24,144

Hilary once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 1,217 girls were named Hilary.

In 2024, only 35 girls were given the name.

Down 97.1% from its peak.

All told, about 24,144 Americans have been named Hilary and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.1% from peak

19901,217 girls named Hilary

202435 girls named Hilary

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