NameTides

Hilary

Hilary was the #5,238 girls' name in the US in 2025 (24 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Hilary as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hilary as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Hilary as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#5,238 (24)#3,705 (6)———
2024#3,963 (37)————
2023#2,823 (60)#4,710 (4)——#3,290 (5)
2022#3,470 (45)#4,646 (4)——#1,989 (10)
2021#5,955 (20)————
2020#5,487 (22)———#3,251 (5)
2019#4,437 (31)———#1,471 (16)
2018#9,151 (11)———#1,639 (13)
2017#7,092 (16)#4,763 (4)——#2,041 (10)
2016#4,990 (27)———#1,690 (13)
2015#3,024 (56)#3,615 (6)——#1,363 (17)
2014#2,843 (60)———#1,340 (18)
2013#2,661 (66)#2,649 (9)——#1,091 (23)
2012#2,449 (75)#4,838 (4)——#1,029 (25)
2011#2,346 (79)#3,185 (7)——#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1990 at #232.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.
  • In 2018, 69% of US babies named Hilary were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 67,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 67,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Hilary is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 44,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hilary by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Hilary (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HilaryCanadaGirls—too few
HilaryEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
HilaryEngland & WalesBoys—too few
HilaryIrelandGirls—too few
HilaryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HilaryNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HilaryScotlandGirls—too few
HilaryUSGirls#5,23824
HilaryUSBoys—too few