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How popular is the name Hillary?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hillaries are alive today.
Hillary (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Hilary in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2010, when 11 babies were given the name, the 2235th most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 27% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Hilary you are most likely to meet is around 71 years old. Half of all Hilaries born in England and Wales are between 55 and 76, and there are at least 22,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 6.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Hilary.
How many babies are named Hillary each year?
Includes all spellings: Hillary, Hilary. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Hillary spelling rank?
Where does the Hilary spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Hillary most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Hilary, peaked in 1954, when around 680 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Hillary spelling itself peaked in 2010, with 11 babies.
How many people are called Hillary?
At least 22,000 people named Hillary in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Hillary?
Most living Hillaries are between 55 and 76; the most common age is about 71.
Is Hillary becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1954 peak.