Hillary

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hillary: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hillary: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #307 in 1970, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#307highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Hillary's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#2407
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#2084
2006	#2509
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2009	#5556
2010	#2235
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2015	#2496
2016	#2367
2018	#4684
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 16 of the 41 years from 1965 to 2005.

In 2005: #587 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2084 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2005
Highest recorded position: #307 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1965–2005).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hillary appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 21 ranked years and 120 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1965.

Hillary across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hillary's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#385 (1965)	#307 (1970)	#587 (2005)	16 of 41	63 (1965–2005)	8 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2084 (2005)	#4192 (2024)	21 of 29	120 (1996–2024)	11 (2010)

Hillary by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hillary in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	52	10 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	54	8 of 10	7
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hillary appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Hillary's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #307, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chanel · #307, 29y
Gintaras · #307, 28y
Kaylum · #306, 30y
Al · #305, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Gintaras · #307, 28y
Sanja · #308, 21y
Etain · #305, 29y
Ole-Kristian · #305, 39y

Hillary was ranked #307 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1970. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hillary and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hillary without appearing here.

Hillary moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3725 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #4798.

Moved ahead of Hillary

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2367 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1436.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2496 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Cooper Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2367 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Hillary

Aisling Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 while Aisling went from #121 to #31.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 while Alexandra went from #227 to #81.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 while Amelia went from #325 to #91.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 while Amy went from #262 to #4.

Moved the same way as Hillary

Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 and Amanda from #129 to #184.
Angela Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 and Angela from #21 to #320.
Anita Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 and Anita from #148 to #523.
Ann Compare
Between 1965 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hillary went from #385 to #587 and Ann from #5 to #213.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Republic of Ireland in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hillary

Hillary at a glance

What stands out in Hillary's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hillary across 2 official records

Hillary by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hillary appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Hillary at a glance

What stands out in Hillary's record

Hillary across 2 official records

Hillary by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hillary appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Hillary

Hillary and the names beside it

Hillary moved ahead of

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