Hillary

Girl name

Hillary has been given to 30,305 babies in the U.S. since 1888. It peaked in 1992.

Meaning & origin /ˈhɪ.lə.ɹi/

From Latin Hilarius or Hilaria, from hilare (“cheerfully”) (compare English hilarious).

Origin: Latin

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

30,305

Peak year

1992 (2,527 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1888

10-year trend

▼ -51%

Gender split

96% girls / 4% boys

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Hillary Scott

American pornographic actress

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Hillary.

30,617 babies since 1912

30,691 babies since 1979

29,862 babies since 1950

29,740 babies since 1944

30,921 babies since 1962

29,371 babies since 1946

29,212 babies since 1970

31,563 babies since 1969

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