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Hilary

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92% girls / 8% boys

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Short-lived name

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In 1990, Hilary reached its peak: 1,217 girls, 1 baby in 3,246. Since then, the name has fallen 97%, to about 40 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 5237. 34% of all babies named Hilary since 1880 were born in the 1980s.
24,171births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 232rank at its peak, in 1990

Where babies named Hilary are born

1990

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The darker the blue, the more common Hilary is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Hilary is most common in Connecticut (1.9 times), Massachusetts (1.8) and Utah (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s0%100%
1900s0%100%
1910s6%94%
1920s8%92%
1930s19%81%
1940s58%42%
1950s80%20%
1960s94%6%
1970s97%3%
1980s99%1%
1990s99%1%
2000s100%0%
2010s99%1%
2020s100%0%